Discord

Note: This package is unfree and requires extra steps to install.

Installation

available builds

discord
discord-ptb
discord-canary

replace the discord below with whichever build you want

NixOS

nixpkgs.config = {
  allowUnfree = true;
};
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ discord ]

Home Manager

Can be used on both NixOS and non-NixOS

Same as above but replace environment.systemPackages with home.packages

Non-NixOS

declarative package management on non-nixos

Usage

Command Line:

$ Discord

The nix expression also installs a desktop item as another option for starting the application.

Installing BetterDiscord

BetterDiscord is a client modification engine which allows you to use custom plugins, themes, and more. The easiest way to install this is using betterdiscordctl.

$ nix run nixpkgs#betterdiscordctl install

Join the NixOS Discord

Follow this link to join the unofficial NixOS Discord: https://discord.com/invite/RbvHtGa

OpenAsar

It's possible to use an overlay to install OpenAsar with nixpkgs' Discord:

nixpkgs.overlays =
  let
    myOverlay = self: super: {
      discord = super.discord.override { withOpenASAR = true; };
    };
  in
  [ myOverlay ];

Troubleshooting

Discord crashes when a notification is received

Discord crashes if there is no notification-daemon

standalone notification daemons

• dunst — Lightweight and customizable notification daemon for x11

https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst || dunst

• mako — A lightweight Wayland notification daemon

https://github.com/emersion/mako/ || mako

Discord wants latest version

Discord refuses to start because they have released an update and it wants to download that instead.

To prevent Discord from checking for new versions, add the following to ~/.config/discord/settings.json:

"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true

Alternatively, you can install the updated version.

If the version has already been updated in a newer version of nixpkgs, installing it works something like this:

nixpkgs.overlays = [(self: super: { discord = super.discord.overrideAttrs (_: { src = builtins.fetchTarball <link-to-tarball>; });})];

An overlay to build discord manually from the URL to the latest tarball on [1], see [2]

If it was fixed in master, the other alternatives are:

nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz -iA discord

or with nix-shell:

NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz nix-shell -p discord --run Discord

Opening Links with Firefox

If you use Discord and it silently fails to open links in Firefox, you possibly have encountered issue #78961. This is caused by a version mismatch between the NSS libraries used by Discord and Firefox. Luckily, a relatively easy workaround is available:

First, find out which NSS version Firefox is currently using with

$ nix path-info $(which firefox) -r | grep nss-

This should print a few store paths, focus on their ends, which should look like nss-x.xx. We're interested in the one with the newest version. Next, create a new file called discord_patched.nix and paste the following code into it:

with import <nixpkgs> {};

pkgs.discord.override {
    nss = pkgs.nss_3_49_2;
}

Now replace nss_3_49_2 with the previously looked up version's "attribute name", which you can look up here. Finally, build and install this patched package with

$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1; nix-env -i $(nix-build discord_patched.nix) --arg config '{ allowUnfree = true; }'

Log in again and you should be able to open links properly.

Links

default.nix for discord