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-{{Lowercase title}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:st}}
 [[Category:Applications]]
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 Followed by:
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+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
 $ nix-env -i -f my-custom-st
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 To apply a patch you need to obtain the hash, the hash should be obtained with the following command
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 $ nix-prefetch-url <url>
 </syntaxhighlight>
 example
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 $ nix-prefetch-url https://st.suckless.org/patches/rightclickpaste/st-rightclickpaste-0.8.2.diff
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-== Using a custom flake ==
-Another way to patch and configure suckless software is by using a flake. The patches are inputs of the flake which is why their hashes don't have to be manually specified.
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-{
-  description = "st with the alpha patch and a custom config";
-  inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
-    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-    # alpha patch
-    alpha = {
-      url = "https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha/st-alpha-20220206-0.8.5.diff";
-      flake = false;
-    };
-  };
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, alpha }:
-    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: rec {
-      # Create the  overlay
-      overlays.default = self: super: {
-        st = super.st.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-          patches = [ alpha ];
-          configFile = prev.writeText "config.h" (builtins.readFile ./st-config.h);
-          postPatch = ''
-            ${oldAttrs.postPatch}
-            cp ${configFile} config.def.h
-          '';
-        });
-      };
-      # Append the overlay to nixpkgs and output the new st package
-      packages.default = (nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.appendOverlays [ overlays.default ]).st;
-    });
-}
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-The overlay is also an output of the flake and can be consumed by other flakes like a system configuration.
 == Remote config ==
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 </nowiki>}}
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+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-nix-shell st-test.nix
+$ nix-shell st-test.nix
-unpackPhase
+$ unpackPhase
-ls
+$ ls
-cd theunpackeddir
+$ cd theunpackeddir
-patchPhase
+$ patchPhase
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 [https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-stdenv-phases Additional phases]