dotfiles

new machine or setting up from scratch?

check out the initial bootstrap stuff first.

install nix

via multi-user installation from: https://nixos.org/download

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)

install home-manager

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager && \
nix-channel --update && \
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install

apply updates

home-manager switch -f ~/code/dotfiles/home-manager/(home|work).nix

notes

• after a fresh installation, set up fish:

  sudo sh -c 'echo $(which fish) >> /etc/shells'
  chsh -s $(which fish)

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with orbstack (deprecated)

creating nixos vm with orbstack

orbctl create nixos $NAME

for ease of life, set it as the default vm: orbctl default $NAME

install home manager

ref:

• https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html#sec-install-standalone
• https://alexpearce.me/2021/07/managing-dotfiles-with-nix/

orb nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-23.05.tar.gz home-manager && \
orb nix-channel --update && \
orb nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install

clone the repo (optional)

if you're using orbstack and your dotfiles repo live someone in your homedir, it's probably already mounted in the VM. you only really need this for VMs where you're not mounting host dirs.

mkdir ~/code
nix-shell -p git --run "git clone https://github.com/notnmeyer/dotfiles ~/code/dotfiles"

apply user changes with home-manager

from the root of the repo,

orb home-manager switch -f /Users/nate/code/dotfiles/home-manager/home.nix

or move the home-manager directory to ~/.config/ and drop the -f argument.

apply system changes

• note: apply home-manager first to avoid an issue where installing fish here write a config.fish that home-manager complains about

from the root of the repo,

orb sudo nixos-rebuild switch -I nixos-config=/Users/nate/code/dotfiles/configuration.nix

or move configuration/nix to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and drop the -I argument.