Neovim lsp install fails due to missing build.vsh

[demizer]

At some point a build script was removed from this repo and now neovim doesn't know how to install vls.

Neovim lsp config:

    {
        "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
        lazy = false,
        config = function()
            vim.lsp.enable("vls")
        end,
    },

Neovim lsp error:

[ERROR][2026-01-19 14:09:31] ...p/_transport.lua:36	"rpc"	"v"	"stderr"	'v ls error: Language server is not installed nor found. (101)\n\n- If you are using this for the first time, please run\n  `v ls --install` first to download and install VLS.\n- If you are using a custom version of VLS, check if\n  the specified path exists and is a valid executable.\n- If you have an existing installation of VLS, be sure\n  to remove "vls.config.json" and "bin" located inside\n  "$HOME/.vls" and re-install.\n\n  If none of the options listed have solved your issue,\n  please report it at https://github.com/vlang/v/issues\n\n/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:10013: at builtin__print_backtrace: Backtrace\n/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:31551: by main__VlsUpdater_cli_error\n/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:31663: by main__main\n/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:32097: by main\n'

$ v ls --install
> Creating .vls folder...
> Finding prebuilt executables from GitHub release..
> Cloning VLS repo...
> Compiling VLS from source...
v ls error: Cannot compile VLS from source: v expects that `/home/jesusa/.vls/src/build.vsh` exists, but it does not
 (0)

/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:10013: at builtin__print_backtrace: Backtrace
/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:31551: by main__VlsUpdater_cli_error
/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:31673: by main__main
/tmp/v_1000/vls.01KFC2Z2EAKFRHW4838BW52FQE.tmp.c:32097: by main

$ v version
V 0.5.0 2b7492e

workaround is to compile vls from source and copy binary to ~/.vls/vls and set config:

● Write(~/.vls/vls.config.json)                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  ⎿  Wrote 2 lines to ../../../.vls/vls.config.json                                                                                                                                                                                             
      1 {"server_path":"/home/jesusa/.vls/vls"}         

Neovim commit where "v ls" was added: https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/pull/2223/files

I am willing to volunteer to get this fixed for neovim, but need guidance. Thanks!

[JalonSolov]

Unfortunately, that script was written for the old version of vls. It is still available on a branch, but likely needs at least some parts re-written for the new vls code.