easy-dhall-nix/README.md

Easy Dhall Nix

Derivations for easily downloading Dhall binaries and putting them to use.

Trial

You cn get an appropriate nix-shell with the binaries installed by first testing this with:

nix-shell

Installation

You might choose to simply copy the derivations from this repository, or you can fetch the git/Github repo using the various helpers:

> nix repl
nix-repl> pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}

nix-repl> drvs = import (pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
  owner = "justinwoo";
  repo = "easy-dhall-nix";
  rev = # some REV
  sha256 = # some SHA
}) {}

nix-repl> drvs.dhall-simple
«derivation /nix/store/qz29jbplpmlvsbmq05084dh1fbs8sl0h-dhall-simple.drv»

NixOS: Contributors needed

The derivations here have been tested by others to work on NixOS. If you have problems, open an issue.