#+title: Install #+author: Emmet These are just some simple install notes for myself (in-case I have to reinstall unexpectedly). ** Install Notes for Myself To get this running on a NixOS system, start by cloning the repo: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval git clone https://gitlab.com/librephoenix/nixos-config.git ~/.dotfiles #+END_SRC To get the hardware configuration on a new system, either copy from =/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix= or run: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval cd ~/.dotfiles sudo nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config > system/hardware-configuration.nix #+END_SRC Also, if you have a differently named user account than my default (=emmet=), you /must/ update the following lines in the let binding near the top of the [[./flake.nix][flake.nix]]: #+BEGIN_SRC nix :noeval ... let ... # ----- USER SETTINGS ----- # username = "YOURUSERNAME"; # username name = "YOURNAME"; # name/identifier ... #+END_SRC There are many more config options there that you may also want to change as well. Once the variables are set, then switch into the system configuration by running: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval cd ~/.dotfiles sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#system #+END_SRC Home manager can be installed with: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager nix-channel --update nix-shell '' -A install #+END_SRC If home-manager starts to not cooperate, it may be because the unstable branch of nixpkgs is in the Nix channel list. This can be fixed via: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nix-channel --update #+END_SRC Home-manager may also not work without re-logging back in after it has been installed. Once home-manager is running, my home-manager configuration can be installed with: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :noeval cd ~/.dotfiles home-manager switch --flake .#user #+END_SRC This loads in my convenience script =phoenix= (still a WIP), which replaces frequently used nix and nixos commands with more user friendly ones, namely: - =phoenix sync= to build and switch system and home configuration - =phoenix sync system= to build and switch only system configuration - =phoenix sync user= to build and switch only home configuration - =phoenix update= to update flake inputs - =phoenix gc= to garbage collect - If no argument is given, it cleans anything older than 30 days - If a time argument is supplied (i.e. 10d), it cleans stuff older than that (10 days in this example) - If the argument =full= is given, it deletes /all/ previous generations