You can use the requireFile function, that displays a message how to download the file manually and use nix-prefetch-url or nix-store --add-fixed to add it to the nix store. See oraclejdk for an example of its usage (e. g. nix-build -A oraclejdk '<nixpkgs>')
On 03/13/2016 05:11 PM, Thomas Levine wrote: > I want to install files that are contained in an archive. The only way I > know to extract the files from the archive involves clicking buttons in > a graphical interface. (It's a Windows installer for Qualcomm Gobi > firmware, and I run it in WINE.) > > I cannot simply extract these once and serve them on a web server > because the package has strong restrictions on redistribution; people > are permitted to download the package freely from a particular website, > but people are not permitted to redistribute the package. > > Installing it for my own use is easy enough, of course, because I can > just hard-code the paths to the appropriate files, but it would be > easier in the long-run if I put it in the upstream nixpkgs. > > Is there a typical way of handling situations like this? For example, > the obvious thing that comes to mind is a convenient way to specify that > nix should prompt you to download and extract the archive and to enter > the path to the resulting files on the local filesystem. > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
