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@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ If you don't have an existing `configuration.nix`, you can run the following com ```bash mkdir -p ~/.config/nix-darwin cd ~/.config/nix-darwin -nix flake init -t nix-darwin + +# To use Nixpkgs unstable: +nix flake init -t nix-darwin/master +# To use Nixpkgs 24.11: +nix flake init -t nix-darwin/nix-darwin-24.11 + sed -i '' "s/simple/$(scutil --get LocalHostName)/" flake.nix ``` @@ -57,8 +62,10 @@ Add the following to `flake.nix` in the same folder as `configuration.nix`: description = "John's darwin system"; inputs = { - nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-24.11-darwin"; - nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin"; + # Use `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-24.11-darwin` to use Nixpkgs 24.11. + nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable"; + # Use `github:LnL7/nix-darwin/nix-darwin-24.11` to use Nixpkgs 24.11. + nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin/master"; nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; @@ -122,8 +129,12 @@ Copy the [simple](./modules/examples/simple.nix) example to `~/.config/nix-darwi ### Step 2. Adding `nix-darwin` channel ```bash -nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin -nix-channel --update +# If you use Nixpkgs unstable (the default): +sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin +# If you use Nixpkgs 24.11: +sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/nix-darwin-24.11.tar.gz darwin + +sudo nix-channel --update ``` ### Step 3. Installing `nix-darwin` @@ -131,7 +142,11 @@ nix-channel --update To install `nix-darwin`, you can just run `darwin-rebuild switch` to install nix-darwin. As `darwin-rebuild` won't be installed in your `PATH` yet, you can use the following command: ```bash +# If you use Nixpkgs unstable (the default): nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A darwin-rebuild +# If you use Nixpkgs 24.11: +nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/nix-darwin-24.11.tar.gz -A darwin-rebuild + ./result/bin/darwin-rebuild switch -I darwin-config=$HOME/.config/nix-darwin/configuration.nix ``` @@ -145,10 +160,10 @@ darwin-rebuild switch ### Step 5. Updating `nix-darwin` -You can update `nix-darwin` using the following command: +You can update Nixpkgs and `nix-darwin` using the following command: ```bash -nix-channel --update darwin +sudo nix-channel --update ``` </details> |