apt-vim Plugin FileNotFoundError - json

Question

I'm going through the manual installation for Vim's, apt-vim plugin and when I try the command apt-vim install -y, brew is installed and I get the following error: -e:1: '$(' is not allowed as a global variable name. However, the installation completes and then another error crops up when I try apt-vim init as directed by the installation guide.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/cssummer16/.vimpkg/bin/apt-vim", line 805, in <module>
apt_vim.main()
File "/Users/cssummer16/.vimpkg/bin/apt-vim", line 785, in main
self.process_cmd_args()
File "/Users/cssummer16/.vimpkg/bin/apt-vim", line 758, in process_cmd_args
self.MODES[mode]()
File "/Users/cssummer16/.vimpkg/bin/apt-vim", line 534, in first_run
shutil.copy('vim_config.json', VIM_CONFIG_PATH)
File "/Users/cssummer16/anaconda/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 235, in copy
copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
File "/Users/cssummer16/anaconda/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 114, in copyfile
with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'vim_config.json'
In my apt-vim file, the global VIM_CONFIG_PATH is set to os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR, 'vim_config.json')). Here is my vim_config_json file, which should be the same as the one I got from the apt-vim repository.
{
"global": {
"depends-on": [
{
"name": "vim",
"recipe": {
"darwin": [],
"linux": [
"sudo apt-get install -y vim"
]
}
},
{
"name": "git",
"recipe": {
"darwin": [],
"linux": [
"sudo apt-get install -y git"
]
}
},
{
"name": "brew",
"recipe": {
"darwin": [
"ruby -e \"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)\""
],
"linux": []
}
},
{
"name": "python",
"recipe": {}
}
],
"install-target": "~/.vimpkg/bundle"
},
"packages": [
{
"depends-on": [],
"name": "pathogen",
"pkg-url": "https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen.git",
"recipe": {
"all": [
"mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload",
"curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim"
]
}
},
{
"depends-on": [
{
"name": "ctags",
"recipe": {
"darwin": [
"curl -LSso ctags-5.8.tar.gz 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctags/files/ctags/5.8/ctags-5.8.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=iweb'",
"tar xzf ctags-5.8.tar.gz",
"cd ctags-5.8",
"sudo ./configure",
"sudo make",
"sudo make install"
],
"linux": [
"curl -LSso ctags-5.8.tar.gz 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctags/files/ctags/5.8/ctags-5.8.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=iweb'",
"tar xzf ctags-5.8.tar.gz",
"cd ctags-5.8",
"sudo ./configure",
"sudo make",
"sudo make install"
]
}
}
],
"name": "tagbar",
"pkg-url": "https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git",
"recipe": {}
}
]
}
Here is the code block in the apt-vim file which assigns all the global path variables.
import json, sys, os, re, shutil, shlex, getopt, platform, stat, ast
from distutils.util import strtobool
from subprocess import call, check_output, CalledProcessError
HOME = os.path.expanduser("~")
SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(HOME, '.vimpkg'))
VIM_ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(HOME, '.vim'))
BUNDLE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(VIM_ROOT_DIR, 'bundle'))
SRC_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR, 'src'))
BIN_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR, 'bin'))
VIM_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_ROOT_DIR, 'vim_config.json'))
SCRIPT_EXE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BIN_DIR, 'apt-vim'))
There are is just one copy of the vim_config.json file in ~/.vimpkg. If someone could point me in the right direction for troubleshooting this installation, I would really appreciate it.

Answer 1

Maintainer of apt-vim here.
It's unfortunate you're seeing this bug. Not entirely sure why it's happening but it appears to be an issue with the automated installation of brew (see vim_config.json --> brew recipe).
As a workaround, try installing brew first with the official install command from brew.sh:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Then, try starting apt-vim init once more. If you continue having issues, please open an issue on apt-vim's GitHub page. Thanks!