Vim-plug: Error installing plugins with Neovim on Windows 10

[nickvanderstel]

When trying to install plugins through :PlugInstall I'm encountering the following error:

- Finishing ... Done!
x vim-sleuth:
    fatal: could not create leading directories of '"C:\Users\nick\AppData\Local\nvim\plugged\vim-sleuth"': Invalid argument

My init.vim:

call plug#begin()
Plug 'tpope/vim-sleuth'
call plug#end()

Trying the same thing with gvim works fine:

- Finishing ... Done!
- vim-sleuth: Cloning into 'C:\vimplug\vim-sleuth'...

Looks to me like extra quotes are being added at some point and they are causing the error. I'm guessing the issue is actually with Neovim but I figured I would start here.

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NVIM v0.2.0-686-g163ad52e
Build type: Release
Compilation: C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe -Wconversion -O2 -DNDEBUG -DDISABLE_LOG -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600 -Wvla -fdiagnostics-color=auto -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -IC:/projects/neovim/build/config -IC:/projects/neovim/src -IC:/projects/neovim/.deps/usr/include -IC:/projects/neovim/.deps/usr/include -IC:/projects/neovim/.deps/usr/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/projects/neovim/build/src/nvim/auto -IC:/projects/neovim/build/include
Compiled by appveyor@APPVYR-WIN

Optional features included (+) or not (-): -acl   +iconv    -jemalloc -tui
For differences from Vim, see :help vim-differences

   system vimrc file: "$VIM\sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "C:/Program Files (x86)/nvim/share/nvim"

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[junegunn]

/cc @justinmk

[justinmk]

It's a known issue in neovim. 0.2. hasn't been released yet, and Windows support has not been announced...

[tricktux]

Workaround: pip2 install neovim --user && pip3 install neovim --user
It still complains. But at list installs the plugins

[akiya64]

I have same problem in Windows 10, "PlugInstall" is not work.
I tried pip3 install neovim --user and pip3 install neovim --user on Windows PowerShell, install process is stopped in pip3 Visual C++ 14.0 is required / visual-cpp-build-tools
But "PlugInstall" is worked! "PlugClean" is not worked...vim-plug can not remove folder.

NVIM v0.2.0-781-g59ea30ad

[justinmk]

See https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/issues/599#issuecomment-282140942

[nickvanderstel]

You say that Windows support has not been announced, yet on https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim there are clear instructions for installing on Windows with no mention of it not being officially supported. Maybe a note should be added so that people are aware that Windows support is experimental at this point.

I couldn't find a related issue in neovim. Could someone link it here?

[Himura2la]

I also faced this issue. It's sad to face such a showstoppers. pip2 install neovim --user helps not

[justinmk]

I updated https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim#windows to mention that Windows support hasn't been announced yet.

[sho-87]

Is this fix planned for neovim 0.2?

[justinmk]

Yes

[oboudry]

I have the same problem on Windows 7 Pro. I used Process Monitor from Sysinternals to try understand what was going wrong, and it looks like git is trying to clone the plugin into:

<NeoVim Path>\"<Plugged PATH>"

E.g. on my computer:

C:\Users\obou\Downloads\Neovim\bin\"C:\Users\obou\AppData\Local\nvim\plugged\phoenix.vim"

Could be that the installation path is not formatted correctly on Windows.

[gglanzani]

It does work now with Neovim 0.2 (remember to update vim-plug).

I think it can be closed :)

[junegunn]

@gglanzani Good to hear that, thanks.

[tutysara]

I still see the issue, getting an error "Invalid plug directory"

using Neovim v0.2.1-25 with latest vim-plug on win 7

[sebpardo]

I also still have this issue with the extra quotation marks:

fatal: could not create leading directories of '"C:\..."': Invalid argument

Using NVIM v0.2.0-993-gee72bc24 with the latest vim-plug version on Windows 10.