https://github.com/floydspace/dotfiles
https://github.com/floydspace/dotfiles
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/floydspace/dotfiles
- Owner: floydspace
- Created: 2024-11-02T16:03:09.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-24T15:41:46.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-20T20:25:40.233Z (11 months ago)
- Language: Nix
- Size: 34.2 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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Install `nix` and `nix-darwin`:
```sh
# 1. Optionally, set the path to your custom certificate
export NIX_INSTALLER_SSL_CERT_FILE=/path/to/your/certificate.pem
# 2. Install `nix` with determinate.systems installer
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
# 3. Install `nix-darwin` with flake
nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ".#MacBookM2Pro"
```
How to apply nix-darwin configuration:
```sh
darwin-rebuild switch --flake ".#MacBookM2Pro"
```
Update packages:
```sh
nix flake update --flake "./nix-darwin"
darwin-rebuild switch --flake ".#MacBookM2Pro"
```
Cleanup unused packages:
```sh
nix-collect-garbage -d
```
## Troubleshooting
- Failed to recognize my M2 Pro Macbook system architecture:
```sh
error: a 'aarch64-darwin' with features {} is required to build '/nix/store/31l4y3kn5cf5a9xpp4q65rkpdm0kx2sr-activate-system-start.drv', but I am a 'x86_64-darwin' with features {apple-virt, benchmark, big-parallel, nixos-test}
```
It happened on my M2 Pro Macbook. I had to explicitly set the `system` to `aarch64-darwin` in `/etc/nix/nix.conf`
- Failed to download from remote due to certificate error:
```sh
warning: error: unable to download 'https://cache.nixos.org/8n8a23azcm8smr1q6xk77jb2pgxa518f.narinfo': SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK (60); retrying in 310 ms
```
I had to explicitly set the path to my employer's certificate (which is enforced or my laptop) as `ssl-cert-file` in `/etc/nix/nix.conf` and as `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` in `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist`.
Then, I had to restart the `nix-daemon` service:
```sh
sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/org.nixos.nix-daemon
```
## References
- [Nix-Darwin Fresh Install guide](https://github.com/MatthiasBenaets/nix-config/blob/master/darwin.org) by [Matthias Benaets](https://github.com/MatthiasBenaets)
- [Determinate Nix Installer](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer)
- [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin)