After installing Nix or
NixOS checkout this repository as your
~/.nixpkgs directory. We provide a few different sets of packages
depending on your needs.
| Command Line | X | |
|---|---|---|
| small | coreEnv |
coreXEnv |
| large | baseEnv |
baseXEnv |
The "small" packages are designed to have a minimal dependency tree, and be quick to install, even from source. The "large" packages ignore this requirement, and may take a long time to install.
You can install these packages using the command
$ nix-env -iA nixos.coreEnv
or if you aren't on NixOS
$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.coreEnv
Some of my dotfiles are included here. I manage my dotfiles in Nix by creating an executable that I can run that will update my dotfiles that I configure in my nix config. See the dotfiles directory for examples.
$ nix-env -iA nixos.dotfiles
$ updateDotFiles
By keeping the updateDotFiles executable installed, any derivations
referenced by your dotfiles won't be garbage collected. If you do update
your nixpkgs and re-install nixos.dotfiles you should run updateDotFiles
immediately in order to avoid accidentally relying on derivations that
may be garbage collected in the near future.
updateDotFiles won't overwrite any customisations you may have made, and
will print out a warning if such files exist. If you want to get the files
that updateDotFiles is tyring to give you, simply delete the existing
files.