init.lua not working

[fractalspace]

Following the instructions in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqUbv-5u2s, the configuration did not work as expected.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. copy init.lua from this repo to ~/config/nvim/
2. Start nvim

Expected results: Plugins get loaded, new features such as file search, colors etc are available. Actual resuts:

no change in nvim before installing init.lua

Error detected while processing /home/admin/.config/nvim/init.lua: E5113: Error while calling lua chunk: /home/admin/.config/nvim/init.lua:7: Vim(p ackadd):E919: Directory not found in 'packpath': "pack/*/opt/packer.nvim" stack traceback: [C]: in function 'cmd' /home/admin/.config/nvim/init.lua:7: in main chunk

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux ubuntu 22.04.01
• Terminal: bash?

Neovim Version

• Output of running :version from inside of neovim: :version NVIM v0.6.1 Build type: Release LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3 Compiled by team+vim@tracker.debian.org

Features: +acl +iconv +tui See ":help feature-compile"

system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

[craigmac]

You need a newer version of Neovim:

Kickstart.nvim targets only the latest 'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.

[tjdevries]

Thanks @craigmac . That's correct. If you still have the issue on latest nvim, let me know. Closing.