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Nix modules for darwin, `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` for macOS.
This project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS.
Nix-darwin is built up around [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs), quite similar to [NixOs](https://nixos.org/).
## Install
To install nix-darwin, a working installation of [nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix#installation) is required.
To install nix-darwin, a working installation of [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix#installation) is required.
```bash
nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
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darwin-rebuild changelog
```
> NOTE: If you are using nix as a daemon service the channel for that will be owned by root.
> NOTE: If you are using Nix as a daemon service the channel for that will be owned by root.
> Use `sudo -i nix-channel --update darwin` instead.
## Uninstalling
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./result/bin/darwin-uninstaller
```
> NOTE: This will also uninstall nix alongside nix-darwin.
> NOTE: This will also uninstall Nix alongside nix-darwin.
## Example configuration
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## Documentation
Reference documentation of all the options is available here
https://lnl7.github.io/nix-darwin/manual/index.html#sec-options.
Reference documentation of all the options is available [here](https://lnl7.github.io/nix-darwin/manual/index.html#sec-options).--
This can also be accessed locally using `man 5 configuration.nix`.
`darwin-help` will open a html version of the manpage in the default browser.
`darwin-help` will open a HTML version of the manpage in the default browser.
Furthermore there's `darwin-option` to introspect the settings of a system and it's available options.
Furthermore there's `darwin-option` to introspect the settings of a system and its available options.
> NOTE: `darwin-option` is only available to non-flake installations.
```
$ darwin-option services.activate-system.enable
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you can run them like this:
```bash
> run all tests
# run all tests
nix-build release.nix -A tests
> or just a subset
# or just a subset
nix-build release.nix -A tests.environment-path
```