Daniel Siepmann
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No need for overlays. Instead create own packages and call them via callPackage. That will keep them simpler and allows dependency injection. I can follow existing patterns from nixpkgs, etc.
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141 lines
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nixpkgs / nix home-manager
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I currently use Ubuntu and installed nix alongside.
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This repository contains my personal `~/.config/nixpkgs` folder,
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for sharing, inspiration and retrieving feedback.
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This includes `home.nix` to maintain `home-manager`,
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see: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html
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Disclaimer
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This is my personal setup for my local laptop running Ubuntu.
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I share this for free so everyone can have a look and inspiration or provide feedback to me.
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This is not intended to be used by anyone else just by copy and pasting or cloning.
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Installation
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Install (clone) into `~/.config/nixpkgs`.
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Install `home-manager` see: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html
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Execute `home-manager switch`
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Usage
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Add packages to `home.nix` and run `home-manager switch`.
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Folder structure
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The folder `overlays` contains overlays for nix itself.
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E.g. alter packages like patching.
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The folder `home` is related to extras for home-manager.
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It has the following sub folder:
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`home/files`
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Holds configuration files.
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home-manager doesn't provide modules for all programs.
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Those files can be added via `xdg.configFile`.
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`home/modules`
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Holds nix modules.
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Not all programs provide modules out of the box.
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I add my own here, which I might create PRs for in future.
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`home/programs`
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Holds home-manager `programs.` entries.
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Each file corresponds to a single program.
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Each file is loaded within `home.nix`.
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`home/services`
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Holds home-manager `services.` entries.
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Each file corresponds to a single service.
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Each file is loaded within `home.nix`.
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`shells/`
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Holds shells for customer projects.
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The customers are not aware of Nix and I don't want to stress them.
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I use this folder to have them in version control and symlink them into the
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project.
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Update
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Update can be done via `custom-update-system` package which is available within
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the overlay.
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Manual changes
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List of manual needed changes for various reasons.
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* Allow gdm3 to use xsessions as login.
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Add the following content as `/usr/share/xsessions/xsession.desktop`:
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[Desktop Entry]
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Name=XSession
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Comment=This session uses the custom xsession file
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Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession
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Type=Application
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X-DesktopNames=GNOME-Flashback;GNOME;
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X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-flashback
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This is used by gdm3 (installed via ubuntu host) to allow logging in via
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xsession which will pick up all the settings generated by home-manager.
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Do not forget to call `sudo desktop-file-install xsession.desktop` to make
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system aware of the file.
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Todos
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Migration:
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* Migrate PGP?
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* Right now I've installed gnupg2, gnupg, gpg on ubuntu
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* Thunderbird configuration to nix. Seems like no module exists, but is same as
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for firefox.
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* Migrate home manager to use flake for better rollback support if update breaks something.
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* Maybe PR upstream: `./home/modules/programs/languagetool.nix`.
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* i3lock-color
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Additions:
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* https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl#selecting-the-most-recent-player in
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order to not worry about current media player, control whatever was last
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* https://github.com/darrenburns/dunk diff alternative
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* Integrate https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic for diffing source code
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https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/pull/2850
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Ideas
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* Maybe I can have a private channel which provides more sensitive info like customer related things and is referenced from here?
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I then can make that repo private but keep this one here public?
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Resources
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Some resources I found useful (in no particular order):
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* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs
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* https://nixos.org/learn.html
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* https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html
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* https://nixcloud.io/main/en/
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