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| author | vegabook <thomas.browne@mac.com> | 2023-11-16 22:21:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Hoang <enzime@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-11-23 10:31:55 +1100 |
| commit | 319104a1258fa71857aae4956a010f553da0cc9b (patch) | |
| tree | 5ebe4a0dc777fcb82a44a98c7c0f876eb3bcc320 | |
| parent | e67f2bf515343da378c3f82f098df8ca01bccc5f (diff) | |
Improve flakes documentation in README
Co-Authored-By: Michael Hoang <enzime@users.noreply.github.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ nix-darwin is built up around [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs), quite To install nix-darwin, a working installation of [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix#installation) is required. -> NOTE: Using `darwin-installer` is no longer necessary on flake based systems. +If you wish to use nix-darwin with flakes, please refer to the [flakes](#flakes) section. ```bash nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer @@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ Configuration lives in `~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix`. Check out } ``` -## Flakes (experimental) +## Flakes -There is also preliminary support for building your configuration using a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes). This -is mostly based on the flake support that was added to NixOS. +nix-darwin aims for both non-flake and flake configurations to be well supported despite flakes being an experimental feature in Nix. ### Step 1. Creating `flake.nix` @@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ Add the following to `flake.nix` in the same folder as `configuration.nix`: inputs = { nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-23.05-darwin"; - nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin/master"; + nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin"; nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; |