Mason doesn't load even though it's not set to load in a `lazy` way.

[4r73m190r0s]

My mason.lua file that lazy.nvim loads:

return { 
  "mason-org/mason.nvim"

  -- Adding any of these lines, or both of then, does not solve the issue
  cmd = "Mason", 
  lazy = false, 
}

My lazy config

-- Bootstrap lazy.nvim
local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
if not (vim.uv or vim.loop).fs_stat(lazypath) then
  local lazyrepo = "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git"
  local out = vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "--branch=stable", lazyrepo, lazypath })
  if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
    vim.api.nvim_echo({
      { "Failed to clone lazy.nvim:\n", "ErrorMsg" },
      { out, "WarningMsg" },
      { "\nPress any key to exit..." },
    }, true, {})
    vim.fn.getchar()
    os.exit(1)
  end
end
vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)

-- Make sure to setup `mapleader` and `maplocalleader` before
-- loading lazy.nvim so that mappings are correct.
-- This is also a good place to setup other settings (vim.opt)
vim.g.mapleader = " "
vim.g.maplocalleader = "\\"

-- Setup lazy.nvim
require("lazy").setup({
  spec = {
    -- import your plugins
    { import = "plugins" },
  },
  -- Configure any other settings here. See the documentation for more details.
  -- colorscheme that will be used when installing plugins.
  install = { colorscheme = { "habamax" } },
  -- automatically check for plugin updates
  checker = { enabled = true },
})

[williamboman]

Have you called require("mason").setup() anywhere? It's required for Mason to work, see https://github.com/mason-org/mason.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file#setup.

I think the common way of doing this in lazy.vim is something like:

return { 
  "mason-org/mason.nvim"
  opts = {},
  lazy = false, 
}

[4r73m190r0s]

I have not called require("mason").setup() anywhere, as it was not mentioned in the Installation.

I configured my mason.lua that lazy.nvim loads like this, and it worked;

return { 
  "mason-org/mason.nvim",
  config = true
}

config is executed when the plugin loads. The default implementation will automatically run require(MAIN).setup(opts) if opts or config = true is set.

https://lazy.folke.io/spec

[williamboman]

Ah ok I see. Yeah the example for lazy.nvim should probably include config = true, my idea was to allow people to decide themselves where and how they eventually set up the plugin.