• The easiest way to get started contributing to Open Source nix projects like nixpkgs. Pick your favorite repos to receive a different open issue in your inbox every day.
  • While Nixpkgs has had some support for cross compiling for awhile, recent changes have made cross compilation much easier and more elegant.
  • 6.3User-related Nix search path entry does not exist, ignoring. 6.4error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I).
  • Nixpkgs is among the most active projects on GitHub. While thousands of open issues and pull requests might seem a lot at first, it helps consider it in the context...
  • rippkgs-index evaluates all of nixpkgs, taking special measures to prevent failures in most cases. For every attribute available in nixpkgs...
  • 7. Nix Channels. 8. Nixpkgs. ... A: Nixpkgs is a collection of over 80,000 packages and Nix expressions for installing and managing software.
  • All the instructions I find for creating a local repository of Nix packages involve creating a local clone of the main nixpkgs repository and adding to that.
  • Nixpkgs is among the most active projects on GitHub. While thousands of open issues and pull requests might seem a lot at first, it helps consider it in the context...
  • You can then subscribe to the Nix packages channel to query or install any available package: $ nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable...
  • As I stumble my way through the trials and tribulations of Nix, NixOS, and nixpkgs; I'll document my path so that others can learn from my misery.