Manual Configuration

Nix Installation

1. (Ubuntu) Install curl and git sudo apt install curl; sudo apt install git
2. (All) Use determinate systems installer to install the Nix package manager
3. (MacOS) Install nix-darwin which provides access to MacOS system settings
4. (All) Install home-manager standalone version

Using this Flake

Linux: home-manager switch --flake github:JosiahBLB/dotfiles#linuxHome
MacOS: darwin-rebuild switch --flake github:JosiahBLB/dotfiles#genericDarwin

Alternatively for development you can use:
<cmd> build --flake .#<derivation> or
<cmd> switch --flake .#<derivation>

Zsh (Linux)

After running home-manager, to set linux to your default shell you need to:

1. Add the output of which zsh to /etc/shells
2. Run chsh -s "$(which zsh)"; sudo reboot

Iterm2 (MacOS)

• Importing colors using Profiles > Colors > Color > Color Presets... > Import...
• Setting compatible terminal keymappings using Profiles > Keys > Key Mappings > Presets... > Natural Text Editing
• Un-setting Apps can change how keys are reported in Profiles > Keys > General
• Setting Left Option key to Esc+ in Profiles > Keys > General (source)
• Setting Applications in terminal may access clipboard in General > Selection (source)
• Setting font to JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono with font size 14

Issues

• I accidentally reset (⌘-R) iterm2 and lost the ability to run binaries. This was fixed by temporarily adding the following to $PATH export PATH="$PATH:/run/current-system/sw/bin" and then running darwin-rebuild switch --flake . again

Useful Commands

Used the following command to get the latest nixpkgs where <input> was nixpkgs. This can be used for any of your flake inputs to update your flake.lock file.

nix flake lock --update-input <input>

Helpful Nix Related Links

Nix Programming

Introduction to Nix programming
Nix offical documentation
Nix API search
Nix flakes

Packaging and Configuration

Nix package search (Nix options search also found here)
Nix-darwin options search
Home-manager options search