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=== For Nix CLI === | === For Nix CLI === | ||
As you may have noticed, the above configuration does not apply globally to your NixOS system (and is not applicable for non-NixOS users). Instead, you can configure Nixpkgs at a user level by writing your configuration in <code>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</code>. | As you may have noticed, the above configuration does not apply globally to your NixOS system (and is not applicable for non-NixOS users). Instead, you can configure Nixpkgs at a user level by writing your configuration in <code>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</code>. | ||
{{Note|This file is ignored using nix3 commands, | {{Note|This file is ignored using nix3 commands, leaving you with the environment variable technique as the easiest resort.}}{{file|~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix|nix|3={ | ||
allowUnfree = true; | allowUnfree = true; | ||
<nowiki>}</nowiki>}}You can alternatively set the environment variable <code>NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1</code>, which is automatically picked up by the Nix CLI. For newer nix3 commands, you will need to additionally pass <code>--impure</code>, otherwise the environment variable is ignored.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <nowiki>}</nowiki>}}You can alternatively set the environment variable <code>NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1</code>, which is automatically picked up by the Nix CLI. For newer nix3 commands, you will need to additionally pass <code>--impure</code>, otherwise the environment variable is ignored.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||