Getting Started with Home Manager (2024)

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:{ # TODO please change the username & home directory to your own home.username = "ryan"; home.homeDirectory = "/home/ryan"; # link the configuration file in current directory to the specified location in home directory # home.file.".config/i3/wallpaper.jpg".source = ./wallpaper.jpg; # link all files in `./scripts` to `~/.config/i3/scripts` # home.file.".config/i3/scripts" = { # source = ./scripts; # recursive = true; # link recursively # executable = true; # make all files executable # }; # encode the file content in nix configuration file directly # home.file.".xxx".text = '' # xxx # ''; # set cursor size and dpi for 4k monitor xresources.properties = { "Xcursor.size" = 16; "Xft.dpi" = 172; }; # Packages that should be installed to the user profile. home.packages = with pkgs; [ # here is some command line tools I use frequently # feel free to add your own or remove some of them neofetch nnn # terminal file manager # archives zip xz unzip p7zip # utils ripgrep # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern jq # A lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor yq-go # yaml processor https://github.com/mikefarah/yq eza # A modern replacement for ‘ls’ fzf # A command-line fuzzy finder # networking tools mtr # A network diagnostic tool iperf3 dnsutils # `dig` + `nslookup` ldns # replacement of `dig`, it provide the command `drill` aria2 # A lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility socat # replacement of openbsd-netcat nmap # A utility for network discovery and security auditing ipcalc # it is a calculator for the IPv4/v6 addresses # misc cowsay file which tree gnused gnutar gawk zstd gnupg # nix related # # it provides the command `nom` works just like `nix` # with more details log output nix-output-monitor # productivity hugo # static site generator glow # markdown previewer in terminal btop # replacement of htop/nmon iotop # io monitoring iftop # network monitoring # system call monitoring strace # system call monitoring ltrace # library call monitoring lsof # list open files # system tools sysstat lm_sensors # for `sensors` command ethtool pciutils # lspci usbutils # lsusb ]; # basic configuration of git, please change to your own programs.git = { enable = true; userName = "Ryan Yin"; userEmail = "xiaoyin_c@qq.com"; }; # starship - an customizable prompt for any shell programs.starship = { enable = true; # custom settings settings = { add_newline = false; aws.disabled = true; gcloud.disabled = true; line_break.disabled = true; }; }; # alacritty - a cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator programs.alacritty = { enable = true; # custom settings settings = { env.TERM = "xterm-256color"; font = { size = 12; draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors = true; }; scrolling.multiplier = 5; selection.save_to_clipboard = true; }; }; programs.bash = { enable = true; enableCompletion = true; # TODO add your custom bashrc here bashrcExtra = '' export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/go/bin" ''; # set some aliases, feel free to add more or remove some shellAliases = { k = "kubectl"; urldecode = "python3 -c 'import sys, urllib.parse as ul; print(ul.unquote_plus(sys.stdin.read()))'"; urlencode = "python3 -c 'import sys, urllib.parse as ul; print(ul.quote_plus(sys.stdin.read()))'"; }; }; # This value determines the home Manager release that your # configuration is compatible with. This helps avoid breakage # when a new home Manager release introduces backwards # incompatible changes. # # You can update home Manager without changing this value. See # the home Manager release notes for a list of state version # changes in each release. home.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Let home Manager install and manage itself. programs.home-manager.enable = true;}

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nix flake new example -t github:nix-community/home-manager#nixos

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{ description = "NixOS configuration"; inputs = { nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-23.11"; # home-manager, used for managing user configuration home-manager = { url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-23.11"; # The `follows` keyword in inputs is used for inheritance. # Here, `inputs.nixpkgs` of home-manager is kept consistent with # the `inputs.nixpkgs` of the current flake, # to avoid problems caused by different versions of nixpkgs. inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; }; outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: { nixosConfigurations = { # TODO please change the hostname to your own my-nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem { system = "x86_64-linux"; modules = [ ./configuration.nix # make home-manager as a module of nixos # so that home-manager configuration will be deployed automatically when executing `nixos-rebuild switch` home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager { home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true; home-manager.useUserPackages = true; # TODO replace ryan with your own username home-manager.users.ryan = import ./home.nix; # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass arguments to home.nix } ]; }; }; };}

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# 1. kubectl is available› kubectl | headkubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager. Find more information at: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/......# 2. switch user to `root`› sudo su# 3. kubectl is no longer available> kubectlError: nu::shell::external_command × External command failed ╭─[entry #1:1:1] 1 │ kubectl · ───┬─── · ╰── executable was not found ╰──── help: No such file or directory (os error 2)/home/ryan/nix-config> exit

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› sudo kubectlkubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager....

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