[Nix-dev] The .nixpkgs/config.nix file and user configuration

[Kamil Chmielewski]

Hi John,

you could find my https://github.com/kamilchm/.nixpkgs helpfull.
I use config.nix to manage user pacakges and dofiles and link them into ~
with simple script
https://github.com/kamilchm/.nixpkgs/blob/master/install.sh

Best regards,
Kamil

2017-05-04 3:55 GMT+02:00 John Ramsden <ramsdenj at shaw.ca>:

> Thanks, for the information.
>
> Marc Weber mentioned
>
> 1) you can install system wide (nixos-rebuild ..)
>> 2) you can install as user into ~/.nix-profile.nix
>>
>>    ~/.config.nix is to "customize" user nixpkgs by
>>    - setting settings such as allowUnfree
>>    - override mplayer to use library X
>>    - add your own packages FOO
>>
>
> In that case, if I did list my own packages in ~/.nix-profile.nix, would
> that install only into that user profile?
>
> When I run nixos-rebuild switch does that rebuild the user profiles as
> well?
>
> I don't like the idea of using nix-env, and I have strayed away from it on
> NixOS, the idea of having all my configuration explicitly written out in
> configuration files is part of what I like about Nix.
>
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