feat: add a just setup command for setting up nix

[xynydev]

#39

[dnkmmr69420]

There are a few things that should be added

[dnkmmr69420]

what about nix profile. Many people use nix profile instead of nix-env.

commands can be like nix profile upgrade '.*'

[dnkmmr69420]

maybe have one that uses sudo too

[z0rrn]

I only know that nixos-rebuild uses sudo and that's only for nixos. We can use also nix-env with sudo because that upgrades the packages in the root profile.

The problem is that we would need to decide between nix-env (and home-manager) and nix profile (and probably fleek) because they can't work on the same profile. (https://discourse.nixos.org/t/home-manager-switch-not-compatible-with-nix-env/12540). We would need to decide if we use flakes for everything or not.

[z0rrn]

I saw that home-manager can also be a flake (in the fleek documentation) so I think we should use flakes even if they're experimental. I'm busy right now but I probably have time today evening.

[dnkmmr69420]

I don't even use nix-env, I just use nix profile instead.

[xynydev]

Do those nix-env commands still run even if one is not using it? If there are multiple ways of updating nixpkgs that are exclusive and incompatible, I think that'd just have to be ruled out of scope for this.

[dnkmmr69420]

so there should be a `/etc/profile.d/nix-app-icons.sh" so nix apps can have desktop icons

[z0rrn]

I worked on this in my fork. I added the command to update nix profile but removed the command with nix-env. I think we should focus on flakes because they are way better to handle, even for the developers of nix.
The only thing missing is a Warning that they then can't install software with nix-env.

[z0rrn]

Maybe you could merge only the update command and then I create a new pull request so it gets attributed to me.

[xynydev]

I'll merge this, but should I remove nix-env, I don't quite get the difference and why it should be removed? @federdaemn

Edit: I removed the update command entirely, submit your PR soon and then we'll discuss it. Better yet, submit your PR with the explanation of why nix is updated that way instead of another way.

[z0rrn]

I'm now using this pull for discussion.
Shall we use flakes (and nix profile) or not (and nix-env)?
I'm for flakes because they are easier for the developers and is uses flake references to find packages so a package with the same name works well (https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/10s2298/comment/j6zdtfq/). I also think that then it's easier to use fleek.
Any other opinions because if we're using flakes I will need to change the justfile.

[simon-truhter]

does not work at all for me. breaks login and results in instant logout. also the just command does not work but when i sudo bash the /usr/bin/script it works, but breaks my system. all other just command run just fine.

https://github.com/dnkmmr69420/nix-installer-scripts/blob/main/installer-scripts/silverblue-nix-installer.sh
works fine for me

i really appreciate your effort in progressing but so much stuff is still confusing and a huge time waste when i first assume the error is somehow on my side (i hope it is and you tell me the fix) and than i keep trying figuring stuff out but it still does not work. i dont expect much and have no demands, please dont get me wrong, im here try to support. (wasted good amount of time to try baking additional extensions into the image so that it can be easily enabled by the post install but yeah... unsuccessful sadly)

also this 3-4 repos its just annoying to keep up with where which commits were made. i guess work is mainly done in startingpoint but it would be kind if this repo could then get pinned by uBlue organization

[ubluster]

https://github.com/ubluster/nah/commits/main

no clue if @tunix fixed it, but i merged the scripts and made small changes to the setup script like appending --yes
so that the script runs silent, fixed the just file by using sudo bash ahead of running the command