Note
Mac and Linux (non-NixOS) only for now. I haven't tested on NixOS yet.
Install dependencies:
xcode-select --installNext, install Nix using The Determinate Nix Installer.
Then clone this repository, cd into the directory, and run the following
command to build and apply changes:
nix run .#build-switchSet Fish as the login shell:
echo ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s ~/.nix-profile/bin/fishNext, install Homebrew. (Homebrew must be manually installed, as per the official installation instructions.) To reduce the number of moving parts, I'm not using nix-homebrew, or nix-darwin's Homebrew-related features.
Install Nix, and then perform a standalone installation of home-manager:
nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A installThen clone this repository, cd into the directory, and run the following
command to build and apply changes:
nix run .#build-switchAnd set Fish as the login shell:
echo ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
sudo /sbin/usermod -s ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish $USERFinally, reboot the system. (Rebooting is required for terminal definitions to
be properly installed; see $TERMINFO_DIRS.)
I use Berkeley Mono, which must be manually installed.
Emacs is installed via Nix, but my configuration is not part of this repository (and not managed by home-manager).
To grab my config:
git clone https://github.com/mjrusso/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.dNotes:
- consider automating symlinking for .emacs.d (perhaps merge my existing emacs repo into this one?)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/197wnuy/help_making_a_direct_symlink_from_config_repo_to/
- https://github.com/kenranunderscore/dotfiles/blob/310fb5694934010dbee577f5659a45a3144d3626/home-manager-modules/emacs/default.nix#L11-L17
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-manage-dotfiles-with-home-manager/30576
- alternatively can I set it up this way? https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/vj95cd/home_manager_and_separate_dotfiles_repo/
(These commands must be executed from the directory that this repo has been cloned to.)
To build (without applying changes):
nix run .#buildTo build and apply changes:
nix run .#build-switchNote
Only files in the working tree will be copied to the Nix
Store. Ensure that any new files
have been added to the working tree (use git add) before running
nix run .#build or nix run .#build-switch, or they will be ignored. (The
files do not need to be committed to the repo.)
To update dependencies:
nix flake update- https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config
- https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config
- https://determinate.systems/posts/nix-direnv/
- https://mitchellh.com/writing/nix-with-dockerfiles
Thanks to Dustin Lyons's starter template, which this configuration is based off of.