On 07/22/2014 05:38 PM, Bit Shift wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Roger Qiu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also when I do this: > > > > $ echo $NIXPKGS_CONFIG > > /etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix > > > > Is that meant to be correct. I thought it should be > `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix`? > > > > Thanks, > > Roger
My $NIXPKGS_CONFIG also points there even though ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix is used as expected so I wouldn't worry about it too much. > > > > On 22/07/2014 4:56 PM, Roger Qiu wrote: > >> > >> Thanks that's the right way. > >> > >> Interestingly the `~/.nixpkgs` folder is not installed by default. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Roger > >> > >> On 22/07/2014 4:53 AM, Bit Shift wrote: > >>> > >>> On 21/07/2014 05:30, Roger Qiu wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> The NixOS manual specifies 2 ways of installing packages, the > >>>> declarative style through configuration.nix + nixos-rebuild switch, or > >>>> the per-user style via `nix-env -i`. > >>>> > >>>> While you can configure the package options inside configuration.nix, > >>>> how does one configure packages when they are installed on a per-user > >>>> style. > >>>> > >>>> For example if I install NGINX or PHP with `nix-env -i nginx` or > >>>> `nix-env -i php`, I get NGINX and PHP on my particular > `~/.nix-profile`. > >>>> > >>>> How do I change the configuration inside nginx.conf or php.ini or > >>>> php-fpm.ini? > >>>> > >>>> There doesn't seem to be any way to do so. The `~/.nix-profile` is > >>>> read-only. > >>>> > >>>> What if there was a per-user configuration.nix which was able to > >>>> actually configure the packages, or maybe the options could be > specified > >>>> on the command line as part of `nix-env`. > >>>> > >>>> Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be any way of effectively using > >>>> complicated packages on a per-user basis such NGINX, Apache, PHP and > >>>> every other package that requires configuration. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Roger > >>>> > >>> > >>> nix-env -i (or preferably -iA for no ambiguity) will use the > function you > >>> define for the packageOverrides attr in ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix and > install > >>> the new/changed derivations it results in. > >>> > >>> It's already explained in [1], so I'll refrain from trying to > rephrase it > >>> myself and probably distort some of the meaning. > >>> > >>> -B > >>> > >>> [1]: > >>> > https://nixos.org/wiki/Nix_Modifying_Packages#Overriding_Existing_Packages > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Founder of Polycademy & SnapSearch > > http://polycademy.com > > https://snapsearch.io > > +61420925975 > > > > That I don't know. It's certainly set to that on my box, while stuff in > ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix works correctly, but I'm not nearly well-versed > enough in Nix to know what the purpose of that environment variable > actually is. > > -B > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > -- Mateusz K. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
