bluemoon / nixfiles

nixfiles for OSX

Installation

1. Install XCode CLI tools

   xcode-select --install
   

2. Install Nix (a reboot could be necessary)

   sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume
   

3. Add home-manager and unstable channels

   nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
   nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs-unstable
   nix-channel --update
   export NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH:+$NIX_PATH:}$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels:/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels    
   

4. Install home-manager

   nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install
   

5. Install nix-darwin

   nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
   ./result/bin/darwin-installer
   

6. Clone this repo inside ~/.config/nixpkgs (must remove default nixpkgs before cloning)

   rm -r ~/.config/nixpkgs
   git clone [e-mail]:bluemoon/nixfiles.git ~/.config/nixpkgs
   

7. Install the flake

   nix build ~/.config/nixpkgs\#darwinConfigurations.bradford-mbp.system
   ./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#bradford-mbp
   

8. Setup home-manager configuration (install and configure programs)

   home-manager switch
   

9. Install Homebrew

   bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
   

10. Install apps from Homebrew

    NOTEs:

    • Takes a loooong time
    • Will ask for password a lot of times...

    brew bundle --verbose --file ~/.config/nixpkgs/macos/Brewfile
    

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References

1. https://github.com/shaunsingh/nix-darwin-dotfiles/blob/main/nix-config.org