Edit: my issues came from copying source .nix configurations for the pig manager, not configurations that I would include on my computer. Finding how to include what where was much easier with search.nixos.org
Hi, I’ve finally cleansed my system of windows and switched fully into nix. I want to learn this OS the right way, but have ran into some noob troubles. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ideally, these changes are things I would include in my configuration.nix
- How to install electrum wallet on nixos? I found this default.nix for electrum and thought it would be as easy as
nix-build default.nixbut was mistaken. It says " cannot evaluate a function that has an argument without a value (‘fetchurl’) Nix attempted to evaluate a function as a top level expression" but on a later line that value is inputted to the function (if I understand right)
src = fetchurl { url = "https://download.electrum.org/${version}/Electrum-${version}.tar.gz"; sha256 = "sha256-BxxC1xVKToUjgBo4mEeK9Tdhbd/+doHcTTJsXDtaELg="; };
- How to install KVantum Theme Manager? I was following this guide and tried to add gcc/g++ and the x11 package dependencies but I get undefined variables for the x11 libraries. Some recommend using stdenv.mkDerivations but I haven’t used that much nix before so I’m not certain if I should be going down that rabbit hole
Yeah, going directly from Windows to NixOS is a harsh transition.
I’ve been running an Ubuntu base for years, but windows kept overwriting the boot loader so I finally cracked. Been wanting to switch to Debian for a while and nix seemed desirable for its functional design paradigm
Oh, you’re coming from Ubuntu! That’s a much more manageable transition.
It’s gonna be a long transition haha, but I’ve learned a lot about OSs over the years just using CLI in Ubuntu, I’m looking forward to nix as something I’ll struggle with for the next few years haha