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10 days ago | 9 months ago | |
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comma
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Is Using nix-env an Antipattern?
Nowadays, I tend to try things out with comma, then add them to my configuration for later use. Some tools are not even installed in my systems because I use them so infrequently - opening a terminal and running , freecad is basically as easy as actually having it installed.
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hook nix-shell on zsh command not found
There's a version of this approach that uses nix-index to figure out which package a command is in called comma: https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Nix journey part 0: Learning and reference materials
Relatedly, check out comma. It's basically a shortcut prefix command that will search packages for the binary you want to run (via nix-index), and gives you an interactive choice if there are multiple. Which package was drill in again? No matter, I'll just prefix a comma :)
https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Alternative to the "dnf provides"
this + if you want to run a command automatically I suggest comma
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Why does nix/nixos even allow the "temporary" install of things?
Yeah dude. Emphemeral installs are a feature, not a bug. Similar vein is , https://github.com/nix-community/comma
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Auto `nix-shell -p package` on missing package
You're looking for https://github.com/nix-community/comma
- Keep packages installed without "polluting the environment"
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Reddit, Twitter, Shopify scramble to deploy 'instant buy' 2021 MacBook Pro
One of the nicest tools is comma. https://github.com/Shopify/comma. It's just a light weight wrapper around searching nix-pkgs and running something, but it sure makes a lot of things easier when you're sharing somebody else's laptop.
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Having trouble getting started adding packages to my user
If you want to test out some program, I would STRONGLY recommend using nix-shell -p . This will create temporary environment, that will allow you to test out the package. You can also check out comma.
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I love using Shopifys comma tool https://github.com/Shopify/comma cause it's so useful for just small programs that u need to run once and then forget about them
digga
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Looking for dotfiles repo examples
This one issue may clear things up, seems like my config is a little outdated: https://github.com/divnix/digga/pull/385
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Building a highly optimized home environment with Nix
I'm new to the Nix world, but so far I've come across Divnix's Digga, Numtide's DevShell, and Misterio77's nix-starter-configs.
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Need for a configuration framework?
There are config templates / configuration helper libraries that try to make this easier, for example digga/devos.
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(meme) It's a temporary setback really
https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes, especially the “see also” section. If you’re looking to use for NixOS config across multiple hosts, digga (see the repo for example template) is pretty nice for encapsulating a lot of boilerplate.
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Sharing configuration between NixOS and MacOS
The digga library, while being more complex to use than other solutions here, got a pretty elegant solution for it merged a few weeks ago. Still some cracks that are getting smoothed over, but it seems to work.
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Best practices for organizing code repository for multiple machines? What about deployment?
I like the concept digga/devos uses (unfortunately their stuff kind of is an overengineered incomprehensible mess): They use: - modules: for modules like in nixpkgs (i.e. stuff that defines options and generates configuration based on that options; are included into every host) - profiles: concrete configuration, can be included to host definitions - suites: sets of profiles (so you can for example have a desktop suite with all your profiles with "desktop" configuration options and apply that to all your desktop computers)
- Nix: An idea whose time has come
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The Curse of NixOS
For the system, I like the devos template:
https://github.com/divnix/devos
The idea of flakes is how you define inputs, and you define the system (and packages, and shell etc.) in the outputs using the inputs. The inputs are git repos which point to other flakes. You can mix and match these as much as you want (see the devos repo for examples) and when you build the derivation, it generates a lockfile for exact commits in that point in time what were used in the given inputs.
You commit the lockfile and in the other systems where you pull your config from the repo, it uses exactly those commits and installs the same versions as you did in your other systems.
This was quite annoying and hard to do before flakes. Now it's easy.
The problem what people face with building their system as a flake is combining the packages so you can point to `jq` from the unstable nixos and firefox from the stable train. I think this aspect needs better documentation so it wouldn't be so damn hard to learn (believe me, I know). Luckily there are projects like devos that give a nice template for people to play with (with documentation!)
Another use for flakes is to create a development shell for your repo, an example what I did a while ago:
https://github.com/pimeys/nix-prisma-example
Either have `nix-direnv` installed, enter the directory and say `direnv allow`, or just `nix develop` and it will gather, compile and install the correct versions of packages to your shell. Updating the packages? Call `nix flake update` in the directory, commit the lockfile and everybody else gets the new versions to their shell.
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What's the proper way to set up nix / home manager w/ flakes, directory wise?
Yes, I put the repository in ~/nix. My repository is based on devos, but I am thinking of switching to a different setup, because I don't want to depend on a framework which can be an issue in updating.
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The future of Home Manager and Flakes
I no longer use the official way since I have switched to flakes. I am currently using a devos-based config, which is a boilerplate that depends on a Nix toolchain, but I plan on rewriting the config with flake-utils-plus. You probably can install home-manager using deploy-rs. See the following comment:
What are some alternatives?
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
nix-direnv - A fast, persistent use_nix/use_flake implementation for direnv [maintainer=@Mic92 / @bbenne10]
nixos-config - Mirror of https://code.balsoft.ru/balsoft/nixos-config
nix-index - Quickly locate nix packages with specific files [maintainers=@bennofs @figsoda @raitobezarius]
nixos - My NixOS Configurations
machine-configuration - Configuration files for my NixOS installs
sops-nix - Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
issue-tracker - Fedora Silverblue issue tracker
nixos-generators - Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]