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Prerequisite: Install homebrew
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Clone this repo to
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Install nix (multi user installation) through the determinate systems nix installer
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Bootstrap nix-darwin, see documentation, something like
nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/dotfiles/nix-darwin#GNRSN/MacBook -
Symlink dotfiles into .config using
cd ~/dotfiles && stow .
Nix is a build tool/package manager with its own language (DSL) and package repository nixpkgs. The installer created by determinate systems also allows easy uninstallation so we prefer this over the official installation script
Nixpkgs has stable releases and an unstable branch which is essentially the latest version/nightly build. However the flake lock-file pins the version of nixpkgs to a specific commit.
Acts as a glue between Nix and MacOS, allows declarative MacOS configuration inspired by NixOS. Manages itself after bootstrapping.
sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#GNRSN/MacBook && brew bundle dump --file=~/dotfiles/brew.txt --force && find /run/current-system/sw/bin/ -type l -exec readlink {} \; \
| sed -E 's|[^-]+-([^/]+)/.*|\1|g' \
| sort -u \
| grep -vE '^(bash-interactive-.*|darwin-help|darwin-rebuild|darwin-uninstaller|darwin-option|darwin-version|nix-info|texinfo-interactive-.*)$' \
> packages.txt
Symlink utility, I use this for configs since I want them to be editable with instant refresh.
See discussion in https://github.com/omerxx/dotfiles/issues/10
Requires to be installed for dependencies that compile from source.
Rustup manages the rust entire rust toolchain, installing versioned cargo through nix seemed overkill for now.
This approach requires installing the toolchain manually through: rustup default stable