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== How can I install a proprietary or unfree package? == | == How can I install a proprietary or unfree package? == | ||
=== Configuration for a user === | |||
You won't be able to install or search for an unfree package as a user, unless you explicitly enable it in ''~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix'' (the file and folder may need to be created): | You won't be able to install or search for an unfree package as a user, unless you explicitly enable it in ''~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix'' (the file and folder may need to be created): | ||
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=== System-level configuration (NixOS) === | |||
When using NixOS, it is possible to enable unfree for eg. <code>environment.systemPackages</code> with the following setting in your <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code>: | When using NixOS, it is possible to enable unfree for eg. <code>environment.systemPackages</code> with the following setting in your <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code>: | ||
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'''Note that this alone will not allow you to search for or install packages with nix-env.''' | '''Note that this alone will not allow you to search for or install packages with nix-env.''' See the previous section. | ||
=== Temporary allowing === | |||
For temporary allowing unfree packages you can set the environment variable ''NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE'', e.g. | For temporary allowing unfree packages you can set the environment variable ''NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE'', e.g. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-env</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-env</syntaxhighlight> | ||
=== More precision === | |||
For whitelisting '''only specific''' unfree packages or unfree licenses | For whitelisting '''only specific''' unfree packages or unfree licenses | ||