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> Building every required package on Pi is out of the question Are you sure? TBH I don't know if there's a binary cache, but I installed without issue. It was
by jeppesen-io 5y ago
> Building every required package on Pi is out of the question
Are you sure? TBH I don't know if there's a binary cache, but I installed without issue. It was longer than say a Debian install, but can't say it took that long
What timeframe do you need to meet your needs?
- jeppesen-io 5y agoJust tested on my pi4, seems to use cache > ssh pi4 (nelson@pi4) Password: Last login: Sun Aug 15 10:44:23 2021 from 192.168.86.235 nelson@pi4:~/ > sudo nix-channel --update [sudo] password for nelson: unpacking channels... created 1 symlinks in user environment nelson@pi4:~/ > sudo nixos-rebuild switch ... > copying path '/nix/store/qpd30425yap9y2mhsa4lg8cfid6703cz-glibc-locales-2.33-49' from 'https://cache.nixos.org https://cache.nixos.org'... copying path '/nix/store/59mpcrm3ndbg32834038v1c6lzjh9yi7-linux-5.10.52-1.20210805' from 'https://cache.nixos.org https://cache.nixos.org'... copying path ect
- CameronNemo 5y agoThey have an aarch64 cache iirc. Not an 32 bit arm cache. There are several variants.
- e3bc54b2 5y agoThanks, I was not aware of this. I will try it out. On another note, do you have any idea why Pi foundation still recommends 32bit images for Raspbian?
- earleybird 5y agoannecdata fwiw, re 64bit Raspios vs 32bit. I have a 4 node 64 bit k3s cluster running folding-at-home as a testing workload where nodes will stop responding after some indeterminate time (1-3 days) - at present, just power cycling to recover
- e3bc54b2 5y agoI'm not worried about initial setup time, but consecutive updates. But looks like I was wrong and there is a cache as long as I use aarch64. I'm not sure why Pi foundation recommends 32bit image, but NixOS should be fine imo.