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The [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS~~. nix-darwin~~ is built up around Nixpkgs~~, quite similar to~~ NixOS.

NixOS is based on Linux, but a lot of developers are using MacBooks. The [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS and it is built around Nixpkgs (much like NixOS). After installing Nix, <code>nix-darwin</code> will help us with the following goals:

~~== Getting started ==~~

~~To install~~ Nix~~-darwin~~, ~~first install Nix on the fresh macOS machine.~~

~~Then run:~~

<~~syntaxhighlight lang="console"~~>

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

~~$ ./result/bin/darwin-installer~~

</~~syntaxhighlight~~>

~~== NixOS virtual machines on macOS ==~~

~~NixOS is based on Linux, but a lot of developers are using MacBooks.~~

~~With Nix on macOS, we can do these things~~:

# Build a complete NixOS (Linux) system.

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that the Linux builder is actually such a virtual machine.

Point 4 is similar to point 3, but since the tests are ~~_built_~~ using virtual

Point 4 is similar to point 3, but since the tests are '''built''' using virtual

machines, it means that these virtual machines are running inside the Linux

builder. This is not a problem if our environment supports nested

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* "Build and Deploy Linux Systems from macOS" on the [https://nixcademy.com/posts/macos-linux-builder/ Nixcademy Blog].

[[Category:macOS]]

[[Category:nix-darwin]]

[[Category:Tutorial]]

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-The [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS. nix-darwin is built up around Nixpkgs, quite similar to NixOS.
+NixOS is based on Linux, but a lot of developers are using MacBooks. The [https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin nix-darwin] project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS and it is built around Nixpkgs (much like NixOS). After installing Nix, <code>nix-darwin</code> will help us with the following goals:
-== Getting started ==
-To install Nix-darwin, first install Nix on the fresh macOS machine.
-Then run:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-$ nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
-$ ./result/bin/darwin-installer
-</syntaxhighlight>
-== NixOS virtual machines on macOS ==
-NixOS is based on Linux, but a lot of developers are using MacBooks.
-With Nix on macOS, we can do these things:
 # Build a complete NixOS (Linux) system.
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 that the Linux builder is actually such a virtual machine.
-Point 4 is similar to point 3, but since the tests are _built_ using virtual
+Point 4 is similar to point 3, but since the tests are '''built''' using virtual
 machines, it means that these virtual machines are running inside the Linux
 builder. This is not a problem if our environment supports nested
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 * "Build and Deploy Linux Systems from macOS" on the [https://nixcademy.com/posts/macos-linux-builder/ Nixcademy Blog].
+[[Category:macOS]]
+[[Category:nix-darwin]]
+[[Category:Tutorial]]