Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 06:59): Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 06:59):
@Aravind Gopal You were talking about this -- telling the user to display a nix-friendly message when they try to run something that's not already (thus not encouraging them towards of homebrew and the like).
Let me find the config I have for this.
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:00):This uses a program called nix-index, which uses old-style commands unfortunately: https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index/issues/191
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:02):^ Potential OSS contribution here
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:03):Here's the home-manager config for enabling this:
programs = {
nix-index = {
enable = true;
enableZshIntegration = true;
};
}
https://github.com/juspay/nix-dev-home/commit/4f4ab11b5f76c054289969d3927e6bbc31e2d981
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:06):Oh, nix-index does use new style commands but only if ~/.nix-profile/manifest.json exists:
https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index/commit/cd7cdcb06f3552fc55cf0cded66de90461006c00
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:08):I did nix profile install nixpkgs#hello just to populate this manifest, and now it shows the right thing:
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 07:12):$ cat .nix-profile/manifest.json
{"elements":[],"version":2}
This is a good tool to motivate users towards full nix.
Srid (Jan 19 2024 at 08:42):One glitch. The installation is not seamless. You need to generate the index manually the first time,
Srid (Feb 10 2024 at 07:26):@Aravind Gopal We've automated the nix-index DB generation part,
https://github.com/juspay/nix-dev-home/pull/14
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