Re: [Nix-dev] Nix expressions for packages with complex acquisition procedures

2016-03-13 Thread Graham Christensen
You may also find the executable has secret switches to enable automated installation, google around and see what you might find. I don't recall windows format switches, but even a `--help` equivalent might do the trick. Graham On 03/13/2016 12:18 PM, Fabian Schmitthenner wrote: > You can use

Re: [Nix-dev] Nix expressions for packages with complex acquisition procedures

2016-03-13 Thread Fabian Schmitthenner
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 '') On 03/13/2016 05:11 PM, Thomas Levine wrote: >

[Nix-dev] Nix expressions for packages with complex acquisition procedures

2016-03-13 Thread Thomas Levine
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