[Nix-dev] Using Nixpkgs outside of NixOS

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Wout Mertens <wout.mertens at gmail.com> writes:

> I think there is room for improvement for installing and using nixpkgs on
> another distribution.

> I see two big problems:
> 1. installation
> 2. environment variables

Also: setting up services to run when the system boots.  For example, Homebrew
tells you how to add a symlinks in ~/Library/LaunchAgents so that PostgreSQL
can start when the machine boots (it simply prints the command to the terminal
as an informational message).  We can do the same thing with Nix, it's just a
question of informing the user how.

John