Install dependencies:

xcode-select --install

Next, install Nix using The Determinate Nix Installer.

Then clone this repository, cd into the directory, and run the following command to build and apply changes:

nix run .#build-switch

Fish needs to be manually set as the login shell:

echo ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish

See:

• LnL7/nix-darwin#811
• LnL7/nix-darwin#122 (comment)
• nix-community/home-manager#1226

I use Berkely Mono, which must be manually installed.

I use Homebrew for a few dependencies on Mac. (Homebrew must be manually installed, as per the official installation instructions.)

Note that the template that this config is built off of uses nix-homebrew to manage the Homebrew installation. I've removed that from here (at least for now) as I don't think it's worth the extra complexity (especially since Nix is dramatically reducing my reliance on Homebrew). I'm not using nix-darwin's Homebrew-related features either; I'll just manage Homebrew separately for the time being.

Emacs is installed via Nix, but my configuration is not part of this repository (and not managed by home-manager).

To grab my config:

git clone https://github.com/mjrusso/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d

Notes:

• consider automating symlinking for .emacs.d (perhaps merge my existing emacs repo into this one?)
• https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/197wnuy/help_making_a_direct_symlink_from_config_repo_to/
• https://github.com/kenranunderscore/dotfiles/blob/310fb5694934010dbee577f5659a45a3144d3626/home-manager-modules/emacs/default.nix#L11-L17
• https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-manage-dotfiles-with-home-manager/30576
• alternatively can I set it up this way? https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/vj95cd/home_manager_and_separate_dotfiles_repo/

(These commands must be executed from the directory that this repo has been cloned to.)

To build and apply changes:

nix run .#build-switch

To update dependencies:

nix flake update

• https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config
• https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config
• https://determinate.systems/posts/nix-direnv/
• https://mitchellh.com/writing/nix-with-dockerfiles

Thanks to Dustin Lyons's starter template, which this configuration is based off of.