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If you are in a hurry and just want to get shit running, continue reading:<br /> | If you are in a hurry and just want to get shit running, continue reading:<br /> | ||
You can use [https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld nix-ld] to run compiled binaries. For example, if your binary needs zlib and openssl: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
programs.nix-ld = { | |||
enable = true; | |||
libraries = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.openssl ]; | |||
};</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Log out and back in to apply the environment variables it sets, and you can then directly run the binary. | |||
If you don't want to configure the list of libraries manually, a quick and dirty way to run nearly any precompiled binary is the following: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
programs.nix-ld = { | |||
enable = true; | |||
libraries = pkgs.steam-run.fhsenv.args.multiPkgs pkgs; | |||
};</syntaxhighlight> | |||
This uses the libraries that are used by [[Steam]] to simulate a traditional Linux FHS environment to run games in. It's a [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix big list] that usually contains all the libraries your binary needs to run. | |||
Another possibility is to use [https://nixos.org/patchelf.html patchelf] to set the library path and dynamic linker appropriately, since compiled binaries have hard-coded interpreter and require certain dynamic libraries. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||