users: install user packages via users.users.<name?>.packages

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/users/default.nix b/modules/users/default.nix
index f537f6b..aaf2f9a 100644
--- a/modules/users/default.nix
+++ b/modules/users/default.nix
@@ -158,5 +158,16 @@ in
       '') deletedUsers}
     '';
 
+    environment.etc = mapAttrs' (name: { packages, ... }: {
+      name = "profiles/per-user/${name}";
+      value.source = pkgs.buildEnv {
+        name = "user-environment";
+        paths = packages;
+        inherit (config.environment) pathsToLink extraOutputsToInstall;
+        inherit (config.system.path) postBuild;
+      };
+    }) (filterAttrs (_: u: u.packages != []) cfg.users);
+
+    environment.profiles = [ "/etc/profiles/per-user/$USER" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/users/user.nix b/modules/users/user.nix
index 3f39473..ec8ecb8 100644
--- a/modules/users/user.nix
+++ b/modules/users/user.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ with lib;
       example = literalExample "pkgs.bashInteractive";
       description = "The user's shell.";
     };
+
+    packages = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.package;
+      default = [];
+      example = literalExample "[ pkgs.firefox pkgs.thunderbird ]";
+      description = ''
+        The set of packages that should be made availabe to the user.
+        This is in contrast to <option>environment.systemPackages</option>,
+        which adds packages to all users.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 
   config = {