bug: Unable to call the plugin after building correctly with minimal config on macOS

[jaime10a]

Describe the bug

I'm unable to run Avante on my System. It seems to build correctly, and I believe the configuration is fine.

When trying to call any function, I get this type of error:

:AvanteAsk

Error executing Lua callback: ...avante.nvim/lua/avante/api.lua:132: attempt to index field 'windows' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...avante.nvim/lua/avante/api.lua:132: in function 'ask'

When starting neovim (Goes away by removing opts = {}, field in config):

Failed to run config for avante.nvim ...lazy.nvim/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua:387: attempt to call field 'setup' (a nil value)

To reproduce

Call :AvanteAsk or any command.

Expected behavior

No response

Installation method

Installed via Lazy.nvim Tried this: https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim/issues/977#issuecomment-2560570971 , but it just gives the error mentioned above at startup and still doesn't work.

Using both version = false and version = "*" produce the same result as of today.

Tried building using:

• build = "make BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=true",
• build = "make",
• Building manually running make BUILD_FROM_SOURCE in ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/avante.nvim

It seems to build successfully, and I get avante_repo_map.dylib avante_templates.dylib avante_tokenizers.dylib in the build folder.

I have followed the steps mentioned here https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim/issues/612#issuecomment-2375729928, but It doesn't resolve the issue.

Also removed every plugin: rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/* ; rm -rf ~/.local/state/nvim/lazy and ran it with the minimal config below with no success.

Environment

• neovim: 0.10.3
• System: macOS 15.2 ( M1 air )
• rustc: 1.84.0
• Lua: 5.4.7
• uname -a: Darwin J-Air 24.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.2.0: Fri Dec 6 18:40:14 PST 2024; root:xnu-11215.61.5~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

Repro

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = ".repro"
load(vim.fn.system("curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua"))()

require("lazy.minit").repro({
    spec = {
        {
            "yetone/avante.nvim",
            build = "make",
            dependencies = {
                "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
                "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
                "stevearc/dressing.nvim",
            },
        }
    },
})

[stabenfeldt]

I also get the this error when I trigger :AvanteAsk

Error executing Lua callback: ....local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/lua/avante/api.lua:132: attempt to index field 'windows' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        ....local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/lua/avante/api.lua:132: in function 'ask'
        .../.local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/plugin/avante.lua:70: in function <.../.local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/plugin/avante.lua:54>

Here is the Avante-part of my .vimrc

" Deps
Plug 'stevearc/dressing.nvim'
Plug 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'
Plug 'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim'
Plug 'yetone/avante.nvim', { 'branch': 'main', 'do': 'make' }

call plug#end()
autocmd! User avante.nvim
  \ lua require('avante_lib').load() |
  \ lua require('avante').setup({})

The README suggested this config, but NeoVim would not load that:

autocmd! User avante.nvim lua << EOF
require('avante_lib').load()
require('avante').setup()
EOF

The error:

Error detected while processing BufWritePost Autocommands for "/Users/martins/.vimrc"..script /Users/martins/.vimrc:
line  161:
E492: Not an editor command: require('avante_lib').load()
line  162:
E492: Not an editor command: require('avante').setup({})
line  163:
E492: Not an editor command: EOF

[stabenfeldt]

I ran the make command manually, and that worked without any errors:

 ➜ cd ~/.local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim
➜  avante.nvim git:(main) make
LUA_VERSION=luajit bash ./build.sh
+ mkdir -p /Users/martins/.local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/build
+ curl -L https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim/releases/download/v0.0.15/avante_lib-darwin-aarch64-luajit.tar.gz
+ tar -zxv -C /Users/martins/.local/share/nvim/plugged/avante.nvim/build
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
 16 9654k   16 1551k    0     0  1707k      0  0:00:05 --:--:--  0:00:05 1707k
x avante_templates.dylib
100 9654k  100 9654k    0     0  7262k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 18.8M

[BenceBakos]

Same problem here. Running make manually did not solve the problem.

[bzon]

Same here after following vimplug setup

[ericzwong]

the same issue for me, i tried manually and follow https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim/issues/977#issuecomment-2560570971 as well.