Discord
Installation
available builds
discord discord-ptb discord-canary
replace the discord below with whichever build you want
NixOS
nixpkgs.config = {
allowUnfree = true;
};
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ discord ]
Home Manager
Can be used on both NixOS and non-NixOS
Same as above but replace environment.systemPackages with home.packages
Non-NixOS
declarative package management on non-nixos
Usage
Command Line:
$ Discord
The nix expression also installs a desktop item as another option for starting the application.
Installing BetterDiscord
BetterDiscord is a client modification engine which allows you to use custom plugins, themes, and more. The easiest way to install this is using betterdiscordctl.
$ nix run nixpkgs#betterdiscordctl install
Join the NixOS Discord
Follow this link to join the unofficial NixOS Discord: https://discord.com/invite/RbvHtGa
OpenAsar
It's possible to use an overlay to install OpenAsar with nixpkgs' Discord:
nixpkgs.overlays =
let
myOverlay = self: super: {
discord = super.discord.override { withOpenASAR = true; };
};
in
[ myOverlay ];
Troubleshooting
Discord crashes when a notification is received
Discord crashes if there is no notification-daemon
standalone notification daemons
- dunst — Lightweight and customizable notification daemon for x11
- mako — A lightweight Wayland notification daemon
Discord wants latest version
Discord refuses to start because they have released an update and it wants to download that instead.
To prevent Discord from checking for new versions, add the following to ~/.config/discord/settings.json:
{
"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true
}
If the file already exists the braces aren't necessary.
Alternatively, you can install the updated version.
If the version has already been updated in a newer version of nixpkgs, installing it works something like this:
nixpkgs.overlays = [(self: super: { discord = super.discord.overrideAttrs (_: { src = builtins.fetchTarball <link-to-tarball>; });})];
An overlay to build discord manually from the URL to the latest tarball on [1], see [2]
If it was fixed in master, the other alternatives are:
nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz -iA discord
or with nix-shell:
NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz nix-shell -p discord --run Discord
Opening Links with Firefox
If you use Discord and it silently fails to open links in Firefox, you possibly have encountered issue #78961. This is caused by a version mismatch between the NSS libraries used by Discord and Firefox. Luckily, a relatively easy workaround is available:
First, find out which NSS version Firefox is currently using with
$ nix path-info $(which firefox) -r | grep nss-
This should print a few store paths, focus on their ends, which should look like nss-x.xx. We're interested in the one with the newest version. Next, create a new file called discord_patched.nix and paste the following code into it:
with import <nixpkgs> {};
pkgs.discord.override {
nss = pkgs.nss_3_49_2;
}
Now replace nss_3_49_2 with the previously looked up version's "attribute name", which you can look up here. Finally, build and install this patched package with
$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1; nix-env -i $(nix-build discord_patched.nix) --arg config '{ allowUnfree = true; }'
Log in again and you should be able to open links properly.
Krisp noise suppression
The Krisp noise suppression option will not work on NixOS because the Discord binary is patched before installation, and there is a DRM-style integrity check in the Krisp binary which prevents Krisp from working if the Discord binary is modified. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/195512 for details.