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Nix (WIP - don't follow)
The Nix package manager is a package manager which allows for user independent packages and a whole lot more (although it's not necessarily minimal). To set it up install it's package and activate it's service:
Setup
# apk add nix
# rc-update add nix-daemon default
# rc-service nix-daemon start
(The
nixpackage is only available in theedgeandapk-amplerepositories)
And add this line to /etc/nix/nix.conf to globally enable some features which will be necessary later:
experimental-features = nix-command flakes
Don't forget to add your user to the nix group:
adduser <username> nix
Usage
From here on things have to be done per user.
Now that Nix is up and running utilize the flake that comes with the config files to set up our home for us:
$ cd ~/.config/home-manager
$ nix run . switch
Now you are able to install packages as a user without root from nixpkgs:
$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.<package>
You can also test a package before installing it with
nix-shell -p <program>