windows Installation very wrong instructions

[LeonardoDaLuz]

Checklist

• [X] I have searched through the AstroNvim documentation
• [X] I have searched through the existing issues of this project
• [X] I have searched the existing issues of plugins related to this issue
• [X] I can replicate the bug with the minimal repro.lua provided below

Neovim version (nvim -v)

0.95

Operating system/version

windows 11

Terminal/GUI

Windows Terminal

Describe the bug

$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim doesnt exists. git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AstroNvim/template $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim There is no neovim .exe executable in this folder. Then it won't work.

Steps to Reproduce

follow astrovim windows instalation instruction.

Expected behavior

.exe in folder.

Screenshots

No response

Additional Context

My neovim was installed using winget. I Tried instaling .msi also.

Minimal configuration

default

[mehalter]

Reading through this again and it doesn't appear that the instructions are incorrect. The installation of AstroNvim should not provide any .exe file in any folder.

These are the same instructions that neovim recommends and all of the other popular distributions use. I don't personally use windows so I can't help out too much. Check out the Discord server if you want to ask some more questions to other users who probably have experience that can help you.

[LeonardoDaLuz]

Yes, there is no .exe in that folder because the tutorial tells you to move it to the nvim.bak folder. I tried simply throwing the template folder into the nvim folder, I tried throwing it into the root folder but it didn't work. I gave up. It could just be like every Windows program where there is an .exe installer that solves everything.

Certainly no one uses Windows to do this tutorial. Hahahaha. Thank you for your attention!

[mehalter]

Yeah this is definitely coming from a misunderstanding along the way. You shouldn't be installing the nvim.exe file into your $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim. If you don't have a previous neovim configuration then that folder will not exist. That is the folder that neovim will look for a configuration. If you don't have one then it will just be stock. I just did a fresh windows 10 installation and followed the installation instructions for neovim and AstroNvim from the documentation and it worked perfectly fine.

[mehalter]

It might help to read a bit on how neovim configuration works in general specifically with Windows and how to make a neovim configuration

[LeonardoDaLuz]

It finally worked, the thing is that you simply have to ignore the error in the first command, and continue with the others.

My mistake was trying to understand what the commands are doing. KKKK

[mehalter]

Yeah, if you have a neovim configuration previously then it will not error.

[LeonardoDaLuz]

thank you so much! There could be a hint about this in the tutorial.

[mehalter]

Sure, I added an "if exists" text to the instruction: https://docs.astronvim.com/#-installation