CIMENT NIX channel

A channel to add specific custom packages without modifying the upstream nixpkgs, and allowing when to update nixpkgs.

Set-up

• Clone this repository

  git clone https://github.com/Gricad/nix-ciment-channel.git
  git submodule init
  git submodule update
  

• You can test to build a package

  # Build
  nix-build . -A ciment.hello
  # Install
  nix-env -i ./result
  

• Create the channel (OPTIONAL, if you are an admin)

  • Push your package into the binary-cache if necessary (not needed if you use nix-serve)

    sudo nix-push --dest /home/nix.cache $(nix-build -A ciment.hello)
    # Or, if you're using Nix 2.x
    sudo nix copy --no-check-sigs --to /home/nix.cache $(nix-build -A ciment.udocker)
    

  • Create the channel tarball

    cd ..
    sudo tar cjf /var/www/nix/nixexprs.tar.bz2 --exclude-vcs --exclude='result' nix-ciment-channel/
    sudo tar cJf /var/www/nix/nixexprs.tar.xz --exclude-vcs --exclude='result' nix-ciment-channel/
    

Update

Custom packages can be push into the ciment directory. Upstream nixpkgs repository can be upgraded by a simple git pull from the nixpkgs directory. Then, if you're an admin , you can re-create the nixexprs.tar.bz2 file, after pushing new packages into the cache if needed.

Usage

• List ciment packages

  nix-env -qa -A ciment-channel.ciment

• Install a package

  nix-env -i -A ciment-channel.ciment.hello

• Every other official package may be installed as usual

  nix-env -i hello