Set Up Nix
Platforms
NixDots works on a variety of platforms. Follow the respective guides for obtaining those if you haven’t already. It is recommended to install Home Manager on any of the listed operating systems.
Install NixOS for the most integrated experience.
Install Nix-on-Droid for an experimental terminal experience on Android. This provides integrated support for Home Manager, which therefore doesn’t need to be installed separately.
Install Home Manager for user configurations in any Nix environment. This is required for most of the functionality of NixDots.
Use the Determinate Nix Installer (recommended) or the default installer for non-NixOS systems, such as Linux distributions, MacOS or WSL.
Enable flakes
NixDots heavily relies on Nix flakes to provide most of its features. These aren’t enabled by default on most Nix environments, so it’s recommended but not required to set them up before proceding.
nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];Nix-on-Droid has built-in experimental flakes support. No action is required.
nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];If using Determinate Nix, this is not required.
experimental-features = nix-command flakesClone the Git repository
NixDots uses Git to keep track of versions. Clone the repository into an accessible location.
Fetch the Git repository.
Terminal window git clone https://github.com/brckd/nixdotsTerminal window nix flake clone github:brckd/nixdots --dest nixdotsTerminal window nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake clone github:brckd/nixdots --dest nixdotsEnter the cloned repository for all future instructions.
Terminal window cd nixdots