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I mean heck, since it's a Nix Package, couldn't they just build it with Nix as the build system? And if for any reason that is the issue (installing Nix on a fo
by LanternLight83 5y ago
I mean heck, since it's a Nix Package, couldn't they just build it with Nix as the build system? And if for any reason that is the issue (installing Nix on a foreign distros can be pretty invasive, containerized?), the recipe for how to build it is right there.
- octoberfranklin 5y ago> installing Nix on a foreign distros can be pretty invasive Is this some kind of joke? Installing nix on a non-nixOS computer doesn't even require root. You can even bootstrap the entirety of nixpkgs that way. That's one of the most awesome things about nix and nixpkgs.
- edgyquant 5y agoIt most certainly does require root to install nix, as it needs the /nix directory on Linux to work
- octoberfranklin 5y agoThat's like saying that logging in as an ordinary user "requires root" because otherwise /home/ordinary_user wouldn't exist. This is silly. In any event, the nix store doesn't need to be in "/nix/store" anymore: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Installation_Guide#nix_2.0.27s_native_method https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Installation_Guide#nix_2.0.27s_n... If you're willing to recompile the nix interpreter and sacrifice cached binaries you don't even need namespaces or ptrace. Just ./configure --with-store-dir=xyz when you build the nix interpreter.