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authorPragmatic Cypher <slackbuilds@server.ky>2018-05-11 14:36:57 +0100
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2018-05-12 06:58:27 +0700
commitceabe138cb72b28526a0329bcc81a4af9d3d65b9 (patch)
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system/nix: Updated for version 2.0.2.
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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-Nix is a purely functional package manager. This means that it treats
-packages like values in purely functional programming languages such as
-Haskell -- they are built by functions that don't have side-effects,
-and they never change after they have been built. Nix stores packages
-in the Nix store, usually the directory /nix/store, where each package
-has its own unique subdirectory such as
+nix (functional package manager)
- /nix/store/b6gvzjyb2pg0kjfwrjmg1vfhh54ad73z-firefox-33.1/
+Nix is a purely functional package manager. This means that it treats packages
+like values in purely functional programming languages such as Haskell -- they
+are built by functions that don't have side-effects, and they never change
+after they have been built. Nix stores packages in the Nix store, usually the
+directory /nix/store, where each package has its own unique subdirectory such
+as
-where b6gvzjyb2pg0... is a unique identifier for the package that
-captures all its dependencies (it's a cryptographic hash of the
-package's build dependency graph).
+ /nix/store/b6gvzjyb2pg0kjfwrjmg1vfhh54ad73z-firefox-33.1/
-Nix may be run in single or multi-user mode (which requires the
-nix-daemon). To have the nix daemon start and stop with your host,
-add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
+where b6gvzjyb2pg0... is a unique identifier for the package that captures all
+its dependencies (it's a cryptographic hash of the package's build dependency
+graph).
- if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nix ]; then
+Nix may be run in single or multi-user mode (which requires the nix-daemon).
+The following sets up multi-user mode.
+
+To have the nix daemon start and stop with your host, add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
+
+ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nix ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.nix start
- fi
+ fi
and to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown (creating it if needed):
- if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nix ]; then
+ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nix ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.nix stop
- fi
+ fi
+
+The daemon requires users for building the nix packages, which should be added
+under the 'nixbld' group.
+
+ # groupadd -g 314 nixbld
+ # for n in $(seq 1 10); do useradd -c "Nix build user $n" \
+ # -d /var/empty -g nixbld -G nixbld -M -N -r -s "$(which nologin)" \
+ # nixbld$n; done
+
+Restricting access to the daemon is acheived by setting file permissions for
+the daemon's socket's folder.
-The daemon requires users for building the nix packages, which should
-be added under the 'nixbld' group.
+ # groupadd nix-users
+ # chgrp nix-users /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket
+ # chmod ug=rwx,o= /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket
- groupadd -g 314 nixbld
- for n in $(seq 1 10); do useradd -c "Nix build user $n" \
- -d /var/empty -g nixbld -G nixbld -M -N -r -s "$(which nologin)" \
- nixbld$n; done
+Correct permissions must also be set for the following profile directories to
+give users access.
-Restricting access to the daemon is acheived by setting file
-permissions for the daemon's socket's folder.
+ # mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user
+ # chgrp nix-users /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user
+ # chmod go+wt /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user
- groupadd nix-users
- chgrp nix-users /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket
- chmod ug=rwx,o= /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket
+ # mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user
+ # chgrp nix-users /nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user
+ # chmod go+wt /nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user
-Correct permissions must also be set for the following profile
-directories to give users access.
+For setup a user to use nix, add him to the nix-users group and load these
+lines on login (via $HOME/.profile):
- /nix/var/nix/profiles
- /var/nix/profiles
+ export NIX_REMOTE=daemon
+ source /etc/profile.d/nix.sh
If you have patches email me, or send a pull request via github:
- https://github.com/PragmaticCypher/slackbuilds
+ https://github.com/PragmaticCypher/nix.SlackBuild