Slack: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 00:39, 15 June 2025

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Tip: This package is unfree, and will require extra steps to install. You can read more about allowing unfree software in the Nixpkgs Manual.

Slack is a communication platform with a desktop application based on Electron.

Installation

NixOS

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ slack ];

Tips

Wayland

You can enable native Wayland support by launching Slack as:

$ NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 slack

... or by simply specifying this option globally:

environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";

If you want to use screen-sharing, you'll have to enable xdg-desktop-portal, too:

xdg = {
  portal = {
    enable = true;
    extraPortals = with pkgs; [
      xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
      xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
    ];
  };
};

Window decorations

If the above configuration leaves you without window decorations you may want to enable this feature as well:

WaylandWindowDecorations

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-'''How to Install the Slack chat client'''
+{{tip/unfree}}
-To install the chat client, do:
+[https://slack.com/ Slack] is a communication platform with a desktop application based on Electron.
-<syntaxHighlight lang=console>
+== Installation ==
-$ nix-env -iA nixos.slack
+=== NixOS ===
+<syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
+environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ slack ];
+</syntaxHighlight>
+== Tips ==
+=== Wayland ===
+You can enable native Wayland support by launching Slack as:
+<syntaxHighlight lang="console">
+$ NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 slack
+</syntaxHighlight>
+... or by simply specifying this option globally:
+<syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
+environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
 </syntaxHighlight>
-To launch or run the chat client, do
+If you want to use screen-sharing, you'll have to enable <code>xdg-desktop-portal</code>, too:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+xdg = {
+  portal = {
+    enable = true;
+    extraPortals = with pkgs; [
+      xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
+      xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+    ];
+  };
+};
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<syntaxHighlight lang=console>
+==== Window decorations ====
-$ slack
+If the above configuration leaves you without window decorations you may want to enable this feature as well:
+<syntaxHighlight lang="console">
+WaylandWindowDecorations
 </syntaxHighlight>
-And remember, because this is Nixos, you don't have to be root to install things. The above steps will install the Slack chat client as a non-root user.
+[[Category:Applications]]