Mismatch between neovim versions when installing as a NixOS module

[michael-koller-91]

Thanks for this project!

When I follow the installation instructions and do a nixos-rebuild, I can run nvim to start neovim. However, no plugins seem to be installed. By contrast, if I run nix run .#nvim in the kickstart-nix.nvim folder, neovim starts with all plugins.
Is nix run what I should use to start neovim or is nvim supposed to start neovim with all plugins enabled and I did something wrong during the installation?

Thank you very much.

[mrcjkb]

Hey 👋

Do you have any other neovim related configurations in your NixOS config?
I sounds like something is leading to neovim being added to your systemPackages. If it appears in your PATH before the kickstart-nix package, nvim will invoke that one. You can check this by running realpath "$(which nvim)" and by comparing the nix store path to the one produced by the kickstart-nix build.

[michael-koller-91]

I did the following:

• delete all old profiles
• nix-garbage-collect -d
• reboot
• ls /nix/store | grep -e "nvim" -e "neovim" shows no results
• add follows unstable to flake.nix
• delete flake.lock
• nix flake update
• sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .
  But it still builds 0.9.4 :(

[mrcjkb]

Not a real solution, but does it work if you use builtins.getFlake (instead of fetching it via the flake inputs)?
I hate to say it, but I'm starting to run out of ideas 😞

[michael-koller-91]

I think I need to give up :( Thank you for all your help!

[mrcjkb]

Sorry I couldn't be of more help 😞

[mrcjkb]

I've just pushed a fix that should solve this issue for the overlay (as long as you don't set inputs.nixpkgs.follows when importing the flake).