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

[Nawal Husnoo]

$ cat ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix
with import <nixpkgs> {};

{
    allowUnfree = true;

    graphicCollection = misc.collection {
        name = "foo" ;
        packages = [
           vlc
        ];
    };
}


$ nix-env -i misc.collection.graphicCollection
error: selector ‘misc.collection.graphicCollection’ matches no
derivations


On 4 May 2017 at 06:31, Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de> wrote:

>
> > I don't like the idea of using nix-env,
> Why? You can also have your own declarative set of packages "per user".
> that's also something config.nix can do:
> graphicCollection = misc.collection { name = ... ; packages = [ ... . ]}
> (from head)
>
> nix-env -i graphicCollection
>
> works well for me :)
>
> Marc Weber
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