Installing navi correctly on MacOS for .zsh

[AnvarAtayev]

I am just wondering if I have installed navi correctly.

I am using macOS Monterey 12.5 and installed navi using homebrew via brew install navi. To install the shell widget, I pasted the following into the end of my .zshrc file:

# zsh
eval "$(navi widget zsh)"

(I do not have a .bshrc file, and thought this was the alternative).

Having done the above step, I am now able to use navi by calling Ctrl + G as expected.

Entering navi fn welcome and entering the config command, I get a permission denied error.

I'm not sure how to overcome this. Also, I am noticing that it is trying to use bash instead of zsh. Not sure how to change this also.

Any help would be appreciated.

[welcome[bot]]

Thanks for opening your first issue here! In case you're facing a bug, please update navi to the latest version first. Maybe the bug is already solved! :)

[wiegell]

same on armbian, related? https://github.com/denisidoro/navi/issues/777

[jjournet]

I have the same issue on MacOS Monterey (M1), and I think the problem is related to the hardcoded path of the config file containing a space, and not handled correctly by navi 2 things:

• it would be better for navi to rely on a default config file system-wide when no config at user level (so that we can change the location of the config file), for instance in /etc/navi
• the default config file should be in ~/.config/navi , not in Library (IMHO)

[jjournet]

I would say issue was introduced in change #518 I don't code in Rust, so I can't propose a fix

[jjournet]

Actually, in the current version, it's not working on Mac, because you can't have a config file (Navi doesn't find it because of the space), the checkout of new libraries works (I was able to get the defaults cheats), but navi doesn't see them (I was using an older version until recently when I switched to brew)

[jjournet]

I was wrong, actually version 2.19 is working fine with the path, sticking to this one for now, but:

• older version, so does not contains all fixes/feature
• doesn't provide arm64 exe for mac silicon

[dmartzol]

the default config file should be in ~/.config/navi, not in Library (IMHO)

+1

Most CLI apps have the config in ~/.config. Having the config file in a different location just makes dotfiles management more difficult, IMHO

[denisidoro]

The config dir is defined by https://crates.io/crates/directories-next

Changing it now would be a breaking change :/

[denisidoro]

I'm trying to understand if the problem is really with the space. Could you provide more logs / evidence?

"permission denied" seems to be unrelated to spaces