Vuraniute to unixpornEnglish • 2 years ago[LeftWM] Went back to Arch due to NixOS' compatibility issues. Made a nice little setup!thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14
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minus-squareVuraniuteOPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoMostly all the declarative package management. It sounds like there’s no way to ever have a missing dependency ever again, but in reality, 99% of the time the thing you’re trying to run isn’t in Nixpkgs and doesn’t have a shell.nix.
minus-squareVuraniuteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoi tried, i really tried but it just didnt work.
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What tempted you and what made you ditch it?
Mostly all the declarative package management. It sounds like there’s no way to ever have a missing dependency ever again, but in reality, 99% of the time the thing you’re trying to run isn’t in Nixpkgs and doesn’t have a shell.nix.
That’s why you have to learn how to make derivations!
i tried, i really tried but it just didnt work.