> There are two methods I've seen: > (...) > 2. create a merge nix package: A package which takes the application plus > all plugins requested and builds the directory layout the application > expects with all the plugins linked into the right folder. This package is > then added to the environment of the user.
Can you give an example of a package in nix that is using this approach? I'm interested in how to go about writing a nix-expression that does this. > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:17 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to write a nix expression for a plugin for a package. I'm >> running into a problem where the package doesn't know where to look >> for the new plugin. >> >> The original package stores all of it's plugins in >> /nix/store/xxx-package/lib/packagename/{plugin1,plugin2,mycoolplugin}.so. >> It expects all of it's plugins to be there. There doesn't appear to >> be any way of telling the program that it needs to look for plugins in >> other directories. >> >> How is this type of problem usually solved in other nix packages? >> >> The package/plugin combination in question is "fcitx" and >> "fcitx-anthy". It's an input method editor commonly used to input >> Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (among other languages). I raised a >> question about this package/plugin combination on github, but I am >> also interested in how it's solved in general. >> >> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/4550 >> >> I have also raised a question on the fcitx issue tracker for anyone >> curious: >> >> https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx/issues/179 >> >> Finally, in case anyone wants to look at the the original >> nix-expressions, here they are: >> >> fcitx: >> >> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/default.nix >> >> fcitx-anthy: >> >> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/fcitx-anthy.nix >> >> Thanks, >> Dennis >> _______________________________________________ >> nix-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
