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nix-graphical-app-icon-guide

How to have graphical app icons show up for packages installed with nix. It works with GNOME but doesn't work with KDE. Let me know if there is a way to have it where you don't need to log out and log back in for the app icons to show up.

Single User

add this to the end of ~/.bashrc

XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/.nix-profile/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"

Multiuser

type this command

sudo tee /etc/profile.d/nix-app-icons.sh <<EOF
XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/.nix-profile/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
EOF

TODO:

1. Make it so app icons are added without needing to log out and log back in
2. Make it work with KDE

My Other Guide

Here is a guide for installing nix with selinux