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Nixpkgs with OpenGL on non-NixOS

From NixOS Wiki

Applications in `nixpkgs` handle OpenGL in a certain way. Using these applications outside of NixOS requires the use of a wrapper.

Solutions

Driver Support NixGL nix-gl-host nix-system-graphics
AMD (mesa)
Intel (mesa)
Nvidia (nouveau)
Nvidia (proprietary) ⚠️ Must be manually set to match OS driver version
Functionality
Graphical programs from nix ⚠️ Must be manually wrapped
Graphical programs from host (non-nix)

(e.g. launch non-nix web browser from nixpkgs#kitty)

❌ Broken
License ❌ None Apache-2.0 MIT