Lightline theme not working

[arhue]

• [ X] I have carefully read and followed the Installation section of the README
• [ X] I have searched through the closed issues to see if there is an existing solution for my issue

Terminal Emulator Info

Gnome terminal 3.36

Output From vim --version

NVIM v0.4.4

Issue Description

The included lightline theme is not working with neovim. Changes do not take effect. I tried copying it over to the following locations:

/home/arhue/.config/nvim/pack/bundle/start/lightline.vim/autoload/lightline/colorscheme/
/home/arhue/.config/nvim/autoload/lightline/colorscheme
~/.vim/autoload/lightline/colorscheme/
~/.nvim/autoload/lightline/colorscheme/

My init.vim looks like this:

set nocompatible            " disable compatibility to old-time vi
set showmatch               " show matching 
set ignorecase              " case insensitive 
set mouse=v                 " middle-click paste with 
set hlsearch                " highlight search 
set incsearch               " incremental search
set tabstop=4               " number of columns occupied by a tab 
set softtabstop=4           " see multiple spaces as tabstops so <BS> does the right thing
set expandtab               " converts tabs to white space
set shiftwidth=4            " width for autoindents
set autoindent              " indent a new line the same amount as the line just typed
set number                  " add line numbers
set wildmode=longest,list   " get bash-like tab completions
set cc=80                  " set an 80 column border for good coding style
filetype plugin indent on   "allow auto-indenting depending on file type
syntax on                   " syntax highlighting
set mouse=a                 " enable mouse click
set clipboard=unnamedplus   " using system clipboard
filetype plugin on
set cursorline              " highlight current cursorline
set ttyfast                 " Speed up scrolling in Vim
" set spell                 " enable spell check (may need to download language package)
" set noswapfile            " disable creating swap file
" set backupdir=~/.cache/vim " Directory to store backup files.

packadd! onedark.vim

let g:onedark_terminal_italics=1
let g:lightline = {
  \ 'colorscheme': 'onedark',
  \ }
syntax on
colorscheme onedark

I am installing plugins as vim/nvim 8 packages.

Screenshot:

I tried installing fonts with sudo apt-get install fonts-powerline as well.

[joshdick]

I am installing plugins as vim/nvim 8 packages.

What happens if you move your lightline clone from ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/lightline (or equivalent) to ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/lightline and add packadd! lightline at the very bottom of your configuration (after the colorscheme setting?)

[arhue]

I am installing plugins as vim/nvim 8 packages.

What happens if you move your lightline clone from ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/lightline (or equivalent) to ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/lightline and add packadd! lightline at the very bottom of your configuration (after the colorscheme setting?)

Sorry about the delay. I still do not get arrows :(. But I think the rest of the theme applies fine. I am closing this as I am happy with my setup.