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nix-ld
- Nix-ld: Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS
- Devenv, Poetry, and Helix
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VSCode, Copilot and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
You may be interested in `nix-ld`. https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld
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Setting up Stabe Diffusion on NixOS
As I mentioned I used nix-index to build LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I believe I picked that up from nix-ld. The README on that page shows an example and mentions some tools (nix-autobahn, nix-alien, and nix-index) to help figure it out.
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"global" c libaries in nixos?
Hi guys, I really like NixOS. I also do not want to miss nix-ld, because it allows me to run "normal" Linux programs on nix.
- NixOS 22.11 “Raccoon” Released
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We want to make Nix better
As someone who has been using NixOS for a couple of years now, I really want to say how appreciative I am of everybody for making noticeable improvements to the system on a somewhat regular basis. The nix command keeps on adding great new features like flake templates and bundling as well as just being more user friendly (error messages, actionable hints, etc.) Additionally, tools like nix-ld [1] make nix more usable than ever with software from external sources. Things just keep on getting better for NixOS users!
Despite the reputation, I feel that NixOS or some derivative of it has the power to become the best distribution for non-technical users in the long run. What NixOS has done is effectively built an interface to every component of a modern Linux system, all that needs to be built is a user application to take advantage of it. Of course, there still needs be some improvements in Nix itself for it to blossom into its final form, but I really see a path to greatness here.
I have often thought about creating a simple unified Win2K-esq or BeOS-like X11 WM/DE specifically for NixOS but unfortunately I like the time/motivation.
[1] https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld
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Any of you went/planning to go back to Arch (or other) as daily driver?
Regarding the ld thing, I don't know if this is relevant but probably: https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld
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Running non nixified packages on NixOS
Have a look at nix-ld and nix-autobahn.
- Is there an actual way of installing libraries globally?
nickel
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Nix – A One Pager
So, its key features are:
1. domain-specific: designed for conveniently creating and composing derivations. This reason alone already justifies a new language, or an embedded domain-specific language (such as the Guile/Scheme for guix), or a mix of both (Starlark, the build language of Bazel embedded in a restricted Python-variant).
2. purely functional: this ties well into the philosophical backing of Nix the package manager, which aims to be purely functional, also known as hermeticity in other build systems (Bazel).
3. lazily evaluated: similar to other build systems (including Bazel), so that you can build only what you need on demand.
4. dynamically typed: this one is controversial. Being dynamically typed—in other words, not developing a type system—gets Nix out of the door first. But users often complain about the lack of proper types and modularity. There are experiments to address this, such as Nickel (https://github.com/tweag/nickel).
It is understandable that a one-pager may not have space for the whys.
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10 Ways for Kubernetes Declarative Configuration Management
Nickel:Nickel is a straightforward configuration language aimed at automatically generating static configuration files. Essentially, it's akin to JSON with the addition of functions and types.
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Show HN: Togomak – declarative pipeline orchestrator based on HCL and Terraform
Also look at nickel which is an evolution of nix. It's my favorite in this space.
nickel-lang.org
https://github.com/tweag/nickel
- Show HN: Flake schemas – teaching Nix about your flake outputs
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What config format do you prefer?
Or this https://github.com/tweag/nickel
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Nickel 1.0
Nickel is a programming language. While HCL is just a configuration format, so not really comparable.
Here's a comparison with similar tools: https://github.com/tweag/nickel#comparison
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Announcing Nickel 1.0, a configuration language written in (and usable from) Rust
As for 'providence', I suppose you meant provenance :) it's been delayed because this was less critical for 1.0 to decide on or to implement (as it: it doesn't break backward compatibility in any way to add this feature in the short term), but this is very much on the roadmap: Issue #235. That's a must-have in a language with merging like Nickel.
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Rewrite it in Rust: Kubernetes
Have you considered using a different language for templating? this could be a BIG selling point. Some good ones are cue-lang (though I haven't seen support for rust), kcl or nickel-lang.
- Nickel v1.0.0
- Design rationale for the Nickel configuration language
What are some alternatives?
neovim-nightly-overlay - [maintainer=@Kranzes]
rnix-lsp - WIP Language Server for Nix! [maintainer=@aaronjanse]
live-bootstrap - Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process
nixos - My NixOS Configurations
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.
nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding
nix-autobahn
nix-doc - An interactive Nix documentation tool providing a CLI for function search, a Nix plugin for docs in the REPL, and a ctags implementation for Nix script
aconfmgr - A configuration manager for Arch Linux
AppImageKit - Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, SLED, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives. Join #AppImage on irc.libera.chat
nix-alien - Run unpatched binaries on Nix/NixOS
nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager