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The previous method '''should''' work for Home-Manager standalone but is currently broken | The previous method '''should''' work for Home-Manager standalone but is currently broken. | ||
see: [https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2942 Home-Manager Issue 2942] | see: [https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2942 Home-Manager Issue 2942] | ||
the work-around is using: | the work-around is using: | ||
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=== Command Line === | === Command Line === | ||
You won't be able to install or search for an unfree package as a user, unless you explicitly enable it in | You won't be able to install or search for an unfree package as a user, unless you explicitly enable it in <code>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</code> (the file and folder may need to be created): | ||
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=== Temporary allowing === | === Temporary allowing === | ||
For temporary allowing unfree packages you can set the environment variable | For temporary allowing unfree packages you can set the environment variable <code>NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE</code>, e.g. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">$ NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-shell</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">$ NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-shell</syntaxhighlight> | ||