In order to document the contents of the folder.
How to install and run daily tasks like updating.

Also might increase in future to include further info.

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nixpkgs

My personal ~/.config/nixpkgs folder, for sharing, inspiration and retrieving feedback.

Table of Contents

Installation

Install (clone) into ~/.config/nixpkgs.

Usage

Install packages as usual.

`my-packages`

The special my-packages includes a derivation which holds a set of packages. The idea: Provide a configuration instead of some state. It can be installed via nix-env -i my-packages which also "updates" state accordingly to the current defined set.

Update

The following will update the whole system and clean things up:

nix-channel --update \
  && nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert \
  && nix-env --upgrade \
  && nix-env --delete-generations +5 \
  && nix-store --gc

This will update the channel (fetch state of nixpkgs). It then will update nix itself. Then upgrade all installed derivations (packages). Delete old generations, except last 5. And run garbage collection.

Disclaimer

This is my personal setup for my local laptop running Ubuntu. I share this for free so everyone can have a look and inspiration or provide feedback to me.

This is not intended to be used by anyone else just by copy and pasting or cloning.

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