Cannot install Neorg with LazyVim

[simon-forb]

Prerequisites

• I am using the latest stable release of Neovim
• I am using the latest version of the plugin

Neovim Version

NVIM v0.11.4 Build type: Release LuaJIT 2.1.1741730670

Neorg setup

return {
"nvim-neorg/neorg",
lazy = false, -- Disable lazy loading as some lazy.nvim distributions set lazy = true by default
version = "*", -- Pin Neorg to the latest stable release
config = true,
}

Actual behavior

I just tried to install neorg but got this installation error with LazyVim:

Failed to run `config` for neorg

...ua/neorg/modules/core/integrations/treesitter/module.lua:63: Unable to load nvim-treesitter.ts_utils :(

# stacktrace:
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/modules/core/integrations/treesitter/module.lua:63 _in_ **load**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/core/modules.lua:447 _in_ **load_module**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/core/modules.lua:379 _in_ **load_module**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/core/modules.lua:248 _in_ **load**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/core/modules.lua:447 _in_ **load_module**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/init.lua:100 _in_ **org_file_entered**
  - /neorg/lua/neorg/init.lua:45 _in_ **setup**
  - lua/config/lazy.lua:17
  - init.lua:2

Expected behavior

Neorg should install without any errors when using the suggested default config.

Steps to reproduce

• Add the suggested default config for neorg.
• Run Lazy Install.

Potentially conflicting plugins

No response

Other information

No response

Help

No

Implementation help

No response

[8pxl]

I'm having the same issues, even when following the solution in #1715

Thanks, for LazyVim users who don't want to parse this whole ticket, the solution is to:

1. pull the tip of 'main' instead of the latest versioned release

return {
  {
    "nvim-neorg/neorg",
    lazy = false,
    -- version = "*",
    version = false, -- get latest on branch

2. Add the following to autocmds.lua

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
  pattern = { "norg", "neorg" },
  callback = function()
    if pcall(vim.treesitter.start) then
      vim.wo.foldexpr = "v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()"
      vim.bo.indentexpr = "v:lua.require'nvim-treesitter'.indentexpr()"
    end
  end,
})

Originally posted by @Tylerc230 in #1715

[DanRioDev]

Pretty much sure because LazyVim upgraded its treesitter version to the new one

[Necrom4]

I'm having the same issues, even when following the solution in 1715

Same, I was part of that thread's discussion so I had tried the solution PR when a contributer requested it, I had it working too when the PR was merged, so by that point my current setup was working, yet now it doesn't anymore.

Something to note is an additionnal error I have due to my config:

Error detected while processing BufReadPost Autocommands for "*":
Error executing lua callback: ...rew/Cellar/neovim/0.11.5/share/nvim/runtime/filetype.lua:36: BufReadPost Autocommands for
"*"..FileType Autocommands for "norg"..FileType Autocommands for "*": Vim(append):Error executing lua callback:
.../neovim/0.11.5/share/nvim/runtime/lua/vim/treesitter.lua:111: Parser could not be created for buffer 1 and language "norg"

[8pxl]

whats the latest version of treesitter that works with neorg?

Pretty much sure because LazyVim upgraded its treesitter version to the new one

[Necrom4]

whats the latest version of treesitter that works with neorg?

Both latest commits of the Master and Main branches of nvim-treesitter work with Neorg. For the master version, which is the default but not recommended to stay on branch, you can just :TSInstall the norg parser. For main, you need to configure a bunch, the steps look like this:

• Setup the neorg plugin according to the Neorg docs
  • Add the integrations you need
  • Add dependencies = { "nvim-neorg/tree-sitter-norg" } so that it installs locally and Luarocks (or hererocks, which LazyVIm seems to install automatically if your system doesn't have Luarocks installed) builds the parser.
• Add vim.treesitter.add() to ~/.config/nvim/ftplugin/norg.lua
• Create a parser/ folder in ~/.config/nvim/ and create a symlink between parser/norg.so and ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy-rocks/tree-sitter-norg/lib/lua/5.1/parser/norg.so, neovim's runtimepath will take care of adding it as a treesitter parser.

I did want to go the "normal" way and add the custom parser using an autocommand to download tree-sitter-norg on TSUpdate, as documented in the nvim-treesitter's main branch, but when doing TSInstall norg it'd download, then compile and finally.. error.

Hope it helps!

[celeste3z]

maybe a workaround

return {
  {
    "nvim-neorg/neorg",
    dependencies = {
      {
        "nvim-neorg/tree-sitter-norg",
        build = {
          "rockspec",
          function()
            local from = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy-rocks/tree-sitter-norg/lib/lua/5.1/parser/norg.so"
            local to = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/nvim-treesitter/parser/norg.so"
            vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fn.fnamemodify(to, ":p:h"), "p")

            local ok, err, err_name = vim.uv.fs_copyfile(from, to)
            if not ok then
              vim.notify(
                ("copy %s to %s failed for %s %s"):format(from, to, err, err_name),
                vim.log.levels.ERROR,
                { title = "tree-sitter-norg" }
              )
            else
              vim.notify(
                ("copy %s to %s success"):format(from, to),
                vim.log.levels.INFO,
                { title = "tree-sitter-norg" }
              )
            end
          end,
        },
      },
    },
    lazy = false,
    opts = {},
  },
}

[Necrom4]

Had no idea we could do that, that's awesome. Thanks allot!

[m-dwork]

Does this bug rely on an upstream update? I am on Windows, and would love to not have to figure out translating the workaround if the issue is being patched soon...

[clebs]

I am having this issue to for some weeks now. I see there is a norg_meta parser listed here but I can not install it: skipping unsupported language norg_meta.

I am curious about why the (new?) norg parser is not on the treesitter official list and why the norg_meta one seems to also not be available.

EDIT: seems nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter#7866 removed it. But then, nvim-neorg should install it automatically if I get it right, which it seems not to be doing.

[m-dwork]

(Windows) Toyed around with this today... The errors always have to do with lua not being 5.1 or not being 5.4. With scoop you get 5.4 and also luarocks 3+, but then you get nvim errors that lua 5.1 in needed. With winget and chocolatey you can get Lua 5.1 with a bundled with an outdated luarocks. I kept the scoop luarocks, and updated config to point to 5.1 lua, but

Error: Failed installing dependency: https://luarocks.org/luarocks-build-treesitter-parser-cpp-2.0.6-1.src.rock - Failed installing dependency: https://luarocks.org/luafilesystem-1.9.0-1.src.rock - Build error: Lua header lua.h found at C:/Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1/include does not match Lua version 5.4.

Giving up for now.
Not really interested in wsl... Love my neovide setup =)

[lauselu]

Hello,
I got the same problem using the main branch of nvim-treesitter. Apparently it was fixed in #1739. But because I had version="*" in my config, Neorg was pinned to v9.3.0. The fix happened after that.

After I removed the pin, I could update via Lazy to the latest commit. Now Neorg works again.

[clebs]

I just checked regarding this and I have latest main on both neorg and treesitter yet still have the issue. Have wiped and fresh installed a couple of times with the same result.

Only difference in my case is that I am using vim-plug instead of lazy.