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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
nix
package is only available in theedge
andapk-ample
repositories)
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
Nix can be used to manage your $HOME
with home-manager
and flakes
. (Here a link explaining it all)
Now that Nix is up and running utilize the flake
that comes with the config files to set up our home for us. But before initialising nix
make sure that you set the correct <username>
in both flake.nix
and home.nix
which are located in ~/.config/home-manager
. Then after changing those simply run this command from that same directory:
$ nix run . switch
This should have installed nixpkgs-unstable
and home-manager
. Verify this with:
$ home-manager --version
And thanks to home-manager
we can easily set up and manage an entire graphical enviroment with all the necessary packages in one go.
You are now also 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>
To update your system, in ~/.config/home-manager
run:
$ nix flake update