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authorMichael Hoang <enzime@users.noreply.github.com>2024-11-17 02:51:42 +1100
committerMichael Hoang <enzime@users.noreply.github.com>2024-11-21 11:07:47 +1100
commit65ea368ebbed4fa52a1a59fcb06848c49b310c9c (patch)
tree0ec80ce72f40896cbebe2ed6ee8afd01dd3515e3
parent9a1bea70d5728a19ee0a090dc0bcdeb73f09b7a4 (diff)
installer: move channel creation to README
-rw-r--r--.github/workflows/test.yml6
-rw-r--r--README.md16
-rw-r--r--pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix14
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 90bd6fd..73a3fb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ jobs:
with:
install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.18.8/install
nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:${{ env.CURRENT_STABLE_CHANNEL }}
- - name: Install ${{ env.CURRENT_STABLE_CHANNEL }} channel
+ - name: Install channels
run: |
+ nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/${{ env.CURRENT_STABLE_CHANNEL }} nixpkgs
nix-channel --update
- name: Install nix-darwin and test
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ jobs:
with:
install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.24.9/install
nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable
- - name: Install nixpkgs-unstable channel
+ - name: Install channels
run: |
+ nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs
nix-channel --update
- name: Install nix-darwin and test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfc825e..f029c9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,24 +119,26 @@ nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
Copy the [simple](./modules/examples/simple.nix) example to `~/.config/nix-darwin/configuration.nix`.
-### Step 2. Installing `nix-darwin`
+### Step 2. Adding `nix-darwin` channel
+
+```bash
+nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
+nix-channel --update
+```
+
+### Step 3. Installing `nix-darwin`
```bash
nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
./result/bin/darwin-installer
```
-### Step 3. Updating `nix-darwin`
-
-The installer will configure a channel for this repository.
+### Step 4. Updating `nix-darwin`
```bash
nix-channel --update darwin
darwin-rebuild changelog
```
-
-> NOTE: If you are using Nix as a daemon service the channel for that will be owned by root.
-> Use `sudo -i nix-channel --update darwin` instead.
</details>
## Documentation
diff --git a/pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix b/pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix
index 0eed518..630c5bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix
@@ -47,20 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
echo >&2 "Installing nix-darwin..."
echo >&2
- i=y
- darwinPath=$(NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels nix-instantiate --eval -E '<darwin>' 2> /dev/null) || true
- if ! test -e "$darwinPath"; then
- if test -t 0; then
- read -p "Would you like to manage <darwin> with nix-channel? [y/N] " i
- fi
- case "$i" in
- y|Y)
- nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
- nix-channel --update
- ;;
- esac
- fi
-
export NIX_PATH=${nixPath}
system=$(nix-build '<darwin>' -A system --no-out-link --show-trace)