Nixpkgs/Create and debug packages: Difference between revisions
imported>Eisfreak7 FixPhase seems to be a misspell of FixupPhase, InstallPhase was mentioned twice |
imported>Bencoman made example more concrete. corrected some $NIXREPO to $NIXPKGS |
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== How to install from the local repository == | == How to install from the local repository == | ||
For | For expediency, we'll shallow clone direct from the distribution repo and set an environment variable pointing to it. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
$ | $ mkdir -p ~/tmpdev && cd ~/tmpdev | ||
$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs | |||
$ export NIXPKGS=~/tmpdev/nixpkgs | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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'''example: list all available software''' from the local repository | '''example: list all available software''' from the local repository | ||
$ | $NIXPKGS | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | ||
$ nix-env -f $NIXPKGS -qaP '*' | $ nix-env -f $NIXPKGS -qaP '*' | ||
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</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
'''example: update the system''' based on your local '''$ | '''example: update the system''' based on your local '''$NIXPKGS''' | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | ||
$ nixos-rebuild -I nixos=$NIXPKGS/nixos -I nixpkgs=$NIXPKGS switch | $ nixos-rebuild -I nixos=$NIXPKGS/nixos -I nixpkgs=$NIXPKGS switch | ||