How can I install avante.nvim? #652

rlhf23 · 2025-02-18T19:12:52Z

rlhf23
Feb 18, 2025

Hey!

It's been a fun journey so far. The only thing I haven't been able to install is avante.nvim. If I install from vimplugins, like:

extraPlugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
  avante-nvim = {
    package = avante-nvim;
    setup = "require('avante').setup{}";
  };

Upon opening avante, I get:
Error detected while processing ModeChanged Autocommands for "*:i": Error executing lua callback: ...m-pack-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:47: Make sure to build avante (missing avante_templates) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'error' ...-pack-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/path.lua:96: in function 'get' ...m-pack-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:47: in function 'generate_prompts' ...m-pack-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:128: in function 'calculate_tokens' ...ck-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:1996: in function 'show_hint' ...ck-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:2047: in function <...ck-dir/pack/mnw/start/avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:2045>
I've also tried building it from source, so to speak, with:

  avante = buildVimPlugin {

  name = "avante.nvim";

  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "yetone";
    repo = "avante.nvim";
    rev = "9bad591e8a63f53058471f691497b04eea5dddbf";
    hash = "sha256-sQx4yjwt12OEyruV9ED6uByZbOL06zXzYaN69DdjSx4=";
  };

  dependencies = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
    plenary-nvim
    dressing-nvim
    nui-nvim
  ];
};

And it gets through most of it but fails near the end while telling me:

E5108: Error executing lua ...4fyv-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: Failed to find provider: openai stack traceback: [C]: in function 'error' ...vv3086k74fyv-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/config.lua:444: in function 'get_provider' ...4fyv-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: in function 'get_config' ...4fyv-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:320: in function '__index' ...fyv-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/azure.lua:9: in main chunk [C]: in function 'require' [string ":lua"]:1: in main chunk

Am I missing something obvious here? Well likely yes, this could be out of scope of nvf discussions, but is it possible that it's looking for the OPENAI_API_KEY and it's not available? It's set way over there in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in environment.variables, I can't think of any higher place to set it atm.

Answered by rlhf23

Feb 18, 2025

I saw someone mention https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim somewhere under issues and that seems to at least reply to me out of the box. I may test that out instead if I feel like dicking around with an llm.

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NotAShelf · 2025-02-18T19:18:27Z

NotAShelf
Feb 18, 2025
Maintainer

Looking at avante's project README, it seems to have a lot of dependencies. Perhaps it is missing one?

You can see if the environment is propagated to nvf by running :!echo $OPENAI_API_KEY

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rlhf23 Feb 18, 2025
Author

The env var does seem to be available if I run the command.
The rest of the dependencies are marked as optional, and they do look kind on optional. Without the three I already added, the build wasn't even getting through require check one. Right now it's going through and stumbling on the last two. I hope you don't mind if I show the log I get after doing "home-manager switch" :


[nix@os:~]$ nix log /nix/store/7w2kiyzh1r2f3r4pmv8x0aaankjsxzmh-vimplugin-avante.nvim.drv
structuredAttrs is enabled
Sourcing vim-gen-doc-hook
Sourcing vim-command-check-hook.sh
Using vimCommandCheckHook
Sourcing neovim-require-check-hook.sh
Using neovimRequireCheckHook
Running phase: unpackPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/2v9h9vkgkiqw738j8y47n2370h69qrwc-source
source root is source
Running phase: patchPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase" }
Running phase: configurePhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "configurePhase" }
Running phase: buildPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "buildPhase" }
Running phase: checkPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "checkPhase" }
no Makefile or custom checkPhase, doing nothing
Running phase: installPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "installPhase" }
Running phase: fixupPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "fixupPhase" }
Executing vimPluginGenTags
No docs available for /nix/store/6prglwrgqjh8c491h5b02y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/.
Finished executing vimPluginGenTags
shrinking RPATHs of ELF executables and libraries in /nix/store/6prglwrgqjh8c491h5b02y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim
checking for references to /build/ in /nix/store/6prglwrgqjh8c491h5b02y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim...
patching script interpreter paths in /nix/store/6prglwrgqjh8c491h5b02y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim
Running phase: vimCommandCheckHook
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "vimCommandCheckHook" }
Executing vimCommandCheckHook
Running phase: neovimRequireCheckHook
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "neovimRequireCheckHook" }
Executing neovimRequireCheckHook
nvimRequireCheck is empty; entering discovery mode
Running module discovery in source directory...
lua/avante_lib.lua
lua/cmp_avante/mentions.lua
lua/cmp_avante/commands.lua
lua/avante/range.lua
lua/avante/diff.lua
lua/avante/selection_result.lua
lua/avante/file_selector.lua
lua/avante/repo_map.lua
lua/avante/suggestion.lua
lua/avante/llm_tools.lua
lua/avante/utils/lru_cache.lua
lua/avante/utils/file.lua
lua/avante/utils/init.lua
lua/avante/utils/root.lua
lua/avante/utils/tokens.lua
lua/avante/providers/claude.lua
lua/avante/providers/cohere.lua
lua/avante/providers/gemini.lua
lua/avante/providers/init.lua
lua/avante/providers/openai.lua
lua/avante/providers/bedrock.lua
lua/avante/providers/vertex.lua
lua/avante/providers/bedrock/claude.lua
lua/avante/providers/copilot.lua
lua/avante/providers/azure.lua
lua/avante/api.lua
lua/avante/llm.lua
lua/avante/init.lua
lua/avante/health.lua
lua/avante/html2md.lua
lua/avante/clipboard.lua
lua/avante/highlights.lua
lua/avante/tokenizers.lua
lua/avante/selection.lua
lua/avante/types.lua
lua/avante/sidebar.lua
lua/avante/path.lua
lua/avante/prompt_input.lua
lua/avante/config.lua
Discovered modules: avante_lib cmp_avante.mentions cmp_avante.commands avante.range avante.diff avante.selection_result avante.file_selector avante.repo_map avante.suggestion avante.llm_tools avante.util>
Starting require checks
Attempting to require module: avante_lib
Entering Ex mode.  Type "visual" to go to Normal mode.
:Successfully required module: avante_lib
Attempting to require module: cmp_avante.mentions
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:Successfully required module: cmp_avante.mentions
Attempting to require module: cmp_avante.commands
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:Successfully required module: cmp_avante.commands
Attempting to require module: avante.range
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:Successfully required module: avante.range
Attempting to require module: avante.diff
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:Successfully required module: avante.diff
Attempting to require module: avante.selection_result
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:Successfully required module: avante.selection_result
Attempting to require module: avante.file_selector
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:Successfully required module: avante.file_selector
Attempting to require module: avante.repo_map
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:Successfully required module: avante.repo_map
Attempting to require module: avante.suggestion
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:Successfully required module: avante.suggestion
Attempting to require module: avante.llm_tools
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:Successfully required module: avante.llm_tools
Attempting to require module: avante.utils.lru_cache
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:Successfully required module: avante.utils.lru_cache
Attempting to require module: avante.utils.file
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:Successfully required module: avante.utils.file
Attempting to require module: avante.utils.init
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:Successfully required module: avante.utils.init
Attempting to require module: avante.utils.root
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:Successfully required module: avante.utils.root
Attempting to require module: avante.utils.tokens
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:Successfully required module: avante.utils.tokens
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.claude
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.claude
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.cohere
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.cohere
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.gemini
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.gemini
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.init
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.init
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.openai
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.openai
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.bedrock
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.bedrock
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.vertex
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.vertex
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.bedrock.claude
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:Successfully required module: avante.providers.bedrock.claude
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.copilot
Error detected while processing pre-vimrc command line:
E5108: Error executing lua ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: Failed to find provider: openai
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'error'
        ...2y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/config.lua:444: in function 'get_provider'
        ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: in function 'get_config'
        ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:320: in function '__index'
        ...j-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/copilot.lua:34: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        [string ":lua"]:1: in main chunk
Entering Ex mode.  Type "visual" to go to Normal mode.
:Failed to require module: avante.providers.copilot
Attempting to require module: avante.providers.azure
Error detected while processing pre-vimrc command line:
E5108: Error executing lua ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: Failed to find provider: openai
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'error'
        ...2y692mx2m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/config.lua:444: in function 'get_provider'
        ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:416: in function 'get_config'
        ...m1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/init.lua:320: in function '__index'
        ...1nj-vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/providers/azure.lua:9: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        [string ":lua"]:1: in main chunk
Entering Ex mode.  Type "visual" to go to Normal mode.
:Failed to require module: avante.providers.azure
Attempting to require module: avante.api
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:Successfully required module: avante.api
Attempting to require module: avante.llm
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:Successfully required module: avante.llm
Attempting to require module: avante
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:Successfully required module: avante
Attempting to require module: avante.health
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:Successfully required module: avante.health
Attempting to require module: avante.html2md
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:Successfully required module: avante.html2md
Attempting to require module: avante.clipboard
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:Successfully required module: avante.clipboard
Attempting to require module: avante.highlights
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:Successfully required module: avante.highlights
Attempting to require module: avante.tokenizers
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:Successfully required module: avante.tokenizers
Attempting to require module: avante.selection
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:Successfully required module: avante.selection
Attempting to require module: avante.types
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:Successfully required module: avante.types
Attempting to require module: avante.sidebar
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:Successfully required module: avante.sidebar
:Successfully required module: avante.sidebar
:Successfully required module: avante.types
Attempting to require module: avante.sidebar
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:Successfully required module: avante.sidebar
Attempting to require module: avante.path
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:Successfully required module: avante.path
Attempting to require module: avante.prompt_input
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:Successfully required module: avante.prompt_input
Attempting to require module: avante.config
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:Successfully required module: avante.config

======================================================
Require check succeeded for the following modules:
  - avante_lib
  - cmp_avante.mentions
  - cmp_avante.commands
  - avante.range
  - avante.diff
  - avante.selection_result
  - avante.file_selector
  - avante.repo_map
  - avante.suggestion
  - avante.llm_tools
  - avante.utils.lru_cache
  - avante.utils.file
  - avante.utils.init
  - avante.utils.root
  - avante.utils.tokens
  - avante.providers.claude
  - avante.providers.cohere
  - avante.providers.gemini
  - avante.providers.init
  - avante.providers.openai
  - avante.providers.bedrock
  - avante.providers.vertex
  - avante.providers.bedrock.claude
  - avante.api
  - avante.llm
  - avante
  - avante.health
  - avante.html2md
  - avante.clipboard
  - avante.highlights
  - avante.tokenizers
  - avante.selection
  - avante.types
  - avante.sidebar
  - avante.path
  - avante.prompt_input
  - avante.config
All lua modules were checked.

Require check failed for the following modules:
  - avante.providers.copilot
  - avante.providers.azure

Checkout https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#testing-neovim-plugins-neovim-require-check
======================================================
lines 209-265/265 (END)
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NotAShelf · 2025-02-18T20:01:24Z

NotAShelf
Feb 18, 2025
Maintainer

Ah, it's the infamous require check....

The build failure is not really nvf's doing, it's done automatically by buildVimPlugin and it usually causes annoying errors. You might want to disable failing checks (or all of them) to get the build working again. The link at the bottom should describe how one might do this.

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rlhf23 Feb 18, 2025
Author

Oh cool I didn't realize you could do that.
Well disabling these two checks got me a working build, but now I'm kind of back at the start; my build is no better than the vimplugins one, opening avante I get in :messages

Error detected while processing ModeChanged Autocommands for "*:i":
Error executing lua callback: .../pack/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:47: Make sure to build avante (missing avante_templates)
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	...pack/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/path.lua:96: in function 'get'
	.../pack/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:47: in function 'generate_prompts'
	.../pack/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/llm.lua:126: in function 'calculate_tokens'
	...k/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:2159: in function 'show_hint'
	...k/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:2210: in function <...k/mnw/start/vimplugin-avante.nvim/lua/avante/sidebar.lua:2208>

Here's what the nix code looked like:

    avante = buildVimPlugin {
      name = "avante.nvim";
      src = fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "yetone";
        repo = "avante.nvim";
        rev = "9bad591e8a63f53058471f691497b04eea5dddbf";
        hash = "sha256-sQx4yjwt12OEyruV9ED6uByZbOL06zXzYaN69DdjSx4=";
      };
      dependencies = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
        plenary-nvim
        dressing-nvim
        nui-nvim
      ];
      nvimSkipModule = [
        "avante.providers.copilot"
        "avante.providers.azure"
      ];
      build = "make BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=true";
    };

I added that "build=" as a test, from the avante readme, but it made no difference that I can see.

rlhf23 Feb 18, 2025
Author

Ok it appears I am missing some plugins after all.

avante: require("avante.health").check()

avante.nvim ~
- OK Found required plugin: nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter
- ERROR Missing required plugin: stevearc/dressing.nvim
- ERROR Missing required plugin: MunifTanjim/nui.nvim
- ERROR Missing required plugin: nvim-lua/plenary.nvim
- OK Found icons plugin (nvim-web-devicons or mini.icons)

NotAShelf Feb 18, 2025
Maintainer

I'm pretty confident that we add plenary by default...

What if you try to add the missing plugins to vim.startPlugins manually?

rlhf23 Feb 18, 2025
Author

Tried it:

startPlugins = ["plenary-nvim" "dressing-nvim" "nui-nvim"];

":checkhealth dressing" actually gives a result as well:

dressing: require("dressing.health").check()

dressing.nvim ~
- OK vim.ui.input active
- OK vim.ui.select active: telescope

I went back to the vimpkgs avante, and that's also giving me the same result so far.

rlhf23 · 2025-02-18T21:03:01Z

rlhf23
Feb 18, 2025
Author

I saw someone mention https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim somewhere under issues and that seems to at least reply to me out of the box. I may test that out instead if I feel like dicking around with an llm.

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ArmandoCIII Mar 22, 2025

@rlhf23
First off, I apologize the implementation is not working properly. There seems to be an issue specifically with slash commands. The defaults like /buffer should be working the same way #buffer and @editor work without needing extra configuration. Unfortunately, I did not heavily test slash commands (only tested when using prompt_library) so this one slipped by. At first glace, there does not seem to be any glaring errors so this may take me a little bit of time to resolve.

I appreciate you providing all the information you have and your personal config. I will work diligently to get those to work properly (including making sure the defaults accurately match with the source).

I apologize again for the inconvenience I may have cause you in setting all this up for it to not work correctly, but I'll get it to a point were you can just configure it straight through nvf.

If you are willing to test it further or find any other issues, please let me know and I'll add it to the list of fixes.

rlhf23 Mar 22, 2025
Author

no worries mate, not an inconvenience at all. i'm just here to learn.

i've seen a couple of people asking about avante-like tools and i feel like if one is included in nvf, i'd like it to be functional out of the box, so i'd be glad to help with testing, though i can't make any promises.

thanks again for the effort!

ArmandoCIII Mar 26, 2025

Hey @rlhf23,
I am still trying to resolve this issue. There are some weird things going on such as completion working with blink-cmp and not nvim-cmp and that it has to have at least one slash_command defined for any of them to work. I'll keep working on this and keep you updated when I create a PR.

ArmandoCIII Apr 6, 2025

Hey @rlhf23
Sorry for the long wait. I just submitted a PR (#802) with more aligned default setupOpts to source and a fix for the nvim-cmp integration. If you continue to have any troubles or concerns with this integration, please let me know.

rlhf23 Apr 11, 2025
Author

hey

i just tested is very briefly and the cmp, slash and hashtags, editor etc all did the thing! beautiful work @ArmandoCIII i'll try and play with it a little more when i have a chance

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