Can I get a guide on how to install Packer for absolute dummies?

• AstroNvim

  135 11,839 9.5 Lua

  AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

  

Install astrovim with git clone https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim ~/.config/nvim

• neovim

  1,383 76,256 10.0 Vim Script

  Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  

I just tested this on an environment that doesn't even have neovim installed (I downloaded the latest stable release from the release channel) and it worked exactly as it should. Astrovim opened up and immediately launched packer.

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• packer.nvim

  180 7,576 3.4 Lua

  A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

I am having a very frustrating experience installing Packer. The issue, I think, is that I have no idea what I'm doing. I am following the directions on the packer github page. I run the command

• nvim-lua-guide

  152 4,992 6.3 sed

  Discontinued A guide to using Lua in Neovim

I recommend you step back from trying to setup plugins and get an understanding of how to configure neovim in general. If I say "ok, go into your lua config" and you say "I don't know what that is", then you do not have enough baseline knowledge to successfully configure Neovim. A good starting point, the Neovim lua guide. I would also recommend a relative baseline of vim knowledge (I learned with Learn Vim For the Last Time: A Tutorial and Primer and learn vim the hard way)

• hydra.nvim

  30 986 0.0 Lua

  Create custom submodes and menus

So, if I want to install Hydra for example, in AstroVim I would add this line to my init.lua (my added comments begin with NOTE:):

• gitsigns.nvim

  80 4,329 8.7 Lua

  Git integration for buffers

So, in my ~/.config/nvim/lua/user/plugins/ folder, I have a file gitsigns.lua that configs the gitsigns plugin. All it has is this in it:

• Launch.nvim

  52 1,944 7.7 Lua

  🚀 Launch.nvim is modular starter for Neovim.

  

git clone https://github.com/LunarVim/nvim-basic-ide.git ~/.config/nvim

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