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	Downloading a binary on NixOS and trying to run it will almost never work. This is due to hard-coded paths in the executable.		Downloading a binary on NixOS and trying to run it will almost never work. This is due to hard-coded paths in the executable. Unfortunately almost all unfree and proprietary comes in binary form - the main reason to include binaries is because no source code is available.
	This tutorial will guide you through packaging a binary executable.		This tutorial will guide you through packaging a binary executable.