nix-darwin

Nix modules for darwin.

$ darwin-rebuild switch
building the system configuration...
these derivations will be built:
  /nix/store/vfad6xgjzr56jcs051cg6vzch4dby92y-etc-zprofile.drv
  /nix/store/cbmkscxsz0k02ynaph5xaxm1aql0p3vq-etc.drv
  /nix/store/r5fpn177jhc16f8iyzk12gcw4pivzpbw-nixdarwin-system-16.09.drv
building path(s) ‘/nix/store/wlq89shja597ip7mrmjv7yzk2lwyh8n0-etc-zprofile’
building path(s) ‘/nix/store/m8kcm1pa5j570h3indp71a439wsh9lzq-etc’
building path(s) ‘/nix/store/l735ffcdvcvy60i8pqf6v00vx7lnm6mz-nixdarwin-system-16.09’
writing defaults...
setting up /etc...
warning: /etc/zprofile is a file, skipping...
warning: /etc/zshrc is a file, skipping...
setting up launchd services...
$ 

Install

This will link the system profile to /run/current-system, you have to create /run or symlink it to private/var/run. If you use a symlink you'll probably also want to add services.activate-system.enable = true; to your configuration.

NOTE: the system activation scripts don't overrwrite existing etc files, etc files like /etc/bashrc won't be used by default. Either modify the existing file to source/import the one from /etc/static or remove it.

git clone git@github.com:LnL7/nix-darwin.git
nix-build -I darwin=$PWD/nix-darwin -I darwin-config=$PWD/config.nix '<darwin>' -A system
source result/etc/bashrc

result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild build
result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch

Example configuration

Checkout modules/examples for some example configurations.

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search by name, run:
  # $ nix-env -qaP | grep wget
  environment.systemPackages =
    [ pkgs.nix-repl
    ];

  programs.bash.enable = true;
  programs.bash.interactiveShellInit = ''
    # Edit the NIX_PATH entries below or put the nix-darwin repository in
    # ~/.nix-defexpr/darwin and your configuration in ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-config.nix

    export NIX_PATH=darwin=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/darwin:darwin-config=$HOME/.nixpkgs/darwin-config.nix:$NIX_PATH
  '';

  services.activate-system.enable = true;

}

Modules

system.defaults

A set of modules to manage macOS settings.

{
  system.defaults.dock.autohide = true;
  system.defaults.dock.orientation = "left";
  system.defaults.dock.showhidden = true;
}

NOTE: you have to restart the dock in order for these changes to apply. killall Dock

environment.etc

Set of files to be linked in /etc, this won't overwrite any existing files. Either modify the existing file to source/import the one from /etc/static or remove it.

{
  environment.etc."foorc".text = ''
    export FOO=1

    if test -f /etc/foorc.local; then
      . /etc/foorc.local
    fi
  '';
}

launchd.daemons

Definition of launchd agents/daemons. The serviceConfig options are used to generate the launchd plist file.

{
  launchd.daemons.foo = {
    serviceConfig.ProgramArguments = [ "/usr/bin/touch" "/tmp/foo.lock" ];
    serviceConfig.RunAtLoad = true;
  };
}

services

A set of modules for predefined services, these generate the appropriate launchd daemons for you.

{
  services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
  services.nix-daemon.tempDir = "/nix/tmp";
}

programs

A set of modules to manage configuration of certain programs.

{
  environment.shellAliases.tm = "${pkgs}/bin/tmux";

  programs.bash.enable = true;

  programs.tmux.enable = true;
  programs.tmux.enableSensible = true;
  programs.tmux.loginShell = "${config.programs.bash.shell} -l";
}

nixpkgs.config

This attribute set is used as nixpkgs configuration when using nix-darwin.

{
  environment.systemPackages =
    [ # Use vim_configurable from packageOverrides
      lnl.vim
    ];

  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {
    lnl.vim = pkgs.vim_configurable.customize {
      name = "vim";
      vimrcConfig.customRC = ''
        set nocompatible
        filetype plugin indent on
        syntax on
      '';
    };
  };
}