nix-update
nixos-shell
| nix-update | nixos-shell | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | |
| 393 | 567 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.2 | 6.1 | |
| 8 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Python | Nix | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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nix-update
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Accessing contents of non-flake repo input to a flake?
You should instead use the regular fetchGit, fetchFromGitHub etc. fetchers in fairly vanilla code, and yes, that often means dealing with checksums in some form. If you truly just want to yeet the latest revision into place no matter what it is, there are ways to automate that still, such as berberman/nvfetcher, or Mic92/nix-update.
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Will you move from Packer to Lazy ?
Yes, however one downside is that, afaik, the inputs are downloaded eagerly, not lazily. Alternatively there are things like nix-update and nvfetcher.
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How easy would it be to make Nix packages similar to -git packages of the AUR?
or https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update
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Beat way to update an outdated package?
You can also use https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update with a nixpkgs git clone.
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NixOS 21.05 Released
I run [nix-update](https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/) to update stuff. If you want to package something new, first identify the programming language/buildsystem the project is using and than look for a similar project in nixpkgs.
nixos-shell
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Using NixOS as a Hypervisor for a k3s Cluster in Homelab, can I define the VMs in Nix config?
Just found this: https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
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Manage libvirt's XMLs with Nix?
There is nixos-shell, but I'm thinking about Windows VM's mostly.
- Headless QEMU virtual machines based on Nix
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NixOS 21.05 Released
>It doesn't work so well for I borrowed my coworker's computer for 5 minutes and want to use my own Vim configuration
You could use something like nixos-shell[1] to spin up a headless VM of your machine into your current shell.
[1]https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
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How do you enter the NixOS docker container?
as mentioned, the Nix docker container isnt a full NixOS system, it's just the nix package manager. If you want to try a quick full NixOS setup I really like https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell . It spawns a lightweight NixOS vm in the current shell. No qemu or kvm setup or knowledge required.
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Way to install apps in their own FHS environment.
For testing stuff you can also use nixos-shell
What are some alternatives?
LazyVim - Neovim config for the lazy
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
nixos-generators - Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]
nixos-fhs-compat - LSB&FHS compatibility for NixOS. Intended for containers and VMs.
flake-utils-plus - Use Nix flakes without any fluff.
nix-bundle - Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere!
poetry2nix - Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=@adisbladis]
archbox - Easy to use Arch Linux chroot environment with some functionalities to integrate it with your existing Linux installation. Mirror of https://momodev.lemniskett.moe/lemniskett/archbox
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]