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Home Manager Manual


Preface
1. Installing Home Manager
1.1. Standalone installation
1.2. NixOS module
1.3. nix-darwin module
2. Using Home Manager
2.1. Configuration Example
2.2. Rollbacks
2.3. Keeping your ~ safe from harm
2.4. Graphical services
2.5. Updating
3. Nix Flakes
3.1. Prerequisties
3.2. Standalone setup
3.3. NixOS module
3.4. nix-darwin module
4. Writing Home Manager Modules
4.1. Option Types
5. Contributing
5.1. Getting started
5.2. Guidelines
5.2.1. Maintain backward compatibility
5.2.2. Keep forward compatibility in mind
5.2.3. Add only valuable options
5.2.4. Add relevant tests
5.2.5. Add relevant documentation
5.2.6. Add yourself as a module maintainer
5.2.7. Format your code
5.2.8. Format your commit messages
5.2.9. Format your news entries
5.2.10. Use conditional modules and news
5.2.11. Mind the license
5.3. Commits
5.4. Code Style
5.5. News
5.6. Tests
6. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
6.1. Why is there a collision error when switching generation?
6.2. Why are the session variables not set?
6.3. How to set up a configuration for multiple users/machines?
6.4. Why do I get an error message about ca.desrt.dconf?
6.5. How do I install packages from Nixpkgs unstable?
6.6. How do I override the package used by a module?
A. Configuration Options
B. NixOS Module Options
C. nix-darwin Module Options
D. Tools
home-manager - — reconfigure a user environment
E. Release Notes
E.1. Release 22.05
E.1.1. Highlights
E.1.2. State Version Changes
E.2. Release 21.11
E.2.1. Highlights
E.2.2. State Version Changes
E.3. Release 21.05
E.3.1. Highlights
E.3.2. State Version Changes
E.4. Release 20.09
E.4.1. Highlights
E.4.2. State Version Changes
E.5. Release 20.03
E.5.1. Highlights
E.5.2. State Version Changes
E.6. Release 19.09
E.6.1. Highlights
E.6.2. State Version Changes
E.7. Release 19.03
E.7.1. Highlights
E.7.2. State Version Changes
E.8. Release 18.09

Preface

+Home Manager Manual

Home Manager Manual


Preface
1. Installing Home Manager
1.1. Standalone installation
1.2. NixOS module
1.3. nix-darwin module
2. Using Home Manager
2.1. Configuration Example
2.2. Rollbacks
2.3. Keeping your ~ safe from harm
2.4. Graphical services
2.5. Updating
3. Nix Flakes
3.1. Prerequisties
3.2. Standalone setup
3.3. NixOS module
3.4. nix-darwin module
4. Writing Home Manager Modules
4.1. Option Types
5. Contributing
5.1. Getting started
5.2. Guidelines
5.2.1. Maintain backward compatibility
5.2.2. Keep forward compatibility in mind
5.2.3. Add only valuable options
5.2.4. Add relevant tests
5.2.5. Add relevant documentation
5.2.6. Add yourself as a module maintainer
5.2.7. Format your code
5.2.8. Format your commit messages
5.2.9. Format your news entries
5.2.10. Use conditional modules and news
5.2.11. Mind the license
5.3. Commits
5.4. Code Style
5.5. News
5.6. Tests
6. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
6.1. Why is there a collision error when switching generation?
6.2. Why are the session variables not set?
6.3. How to set up a configuration for multiple users/machines?
6.4. Why do I get an error message about ca.desrt.dconf or dconf.service?
6.5. How do I install packages from Nixpkgs unstable?
6.6. How do I override the package used by a module?
A. Configuration Options
B. NixOS Module Options
C. nix-darwin Module Options
D. Tools
home-manager + — reconfigure a user environment
E. Release Notes
E.1. Release 22.05
E.1.1. Highlights
E.1.2. State Version Changes
E.2. Release 21.11
E.2.1. Highlights
E.2.2. State Version Changes
E.3. Release 21.05
E.3.1. Highlights
E.3.2. State Version Changes
E.4. Release 20.09
E.4.1. Highlights
E.4.2. State Version Changes
E.5. Release 20.03
E.5.1. Highlights
E.5.2. State Version Changes
E.6. Release 19.09
E.6.1. Highlights
E.6.2. State Version Changes
E.7. Release 19.03
E.7.1. Highlights
E.7.2. State Version Changes
E.8. Release 18.09

Preface

This manual will eventually describe how to install, use, and extend Home Manager.

@@ -561,7 +561,9 @@ error: build of ‘/nix/store/b37x3s7pzxbasfqhaca5dqbf3pjjw0ip-user-environment. imports = [ ./common.nix ]; # Various options that are specific for this machine/user. -}

while the common.nix file contains configuration shared across the two logins. Of course, instead of just a single common.nix file you can have multiple ones, even one per program or service.

You can get some inspiration from the Post your home-manager home.nix file! Reddit thread.

6.4. Why do I get an error message about ca.desrt.dconf?

You are most likely trying to configure the GTK or Gnome Terminal but the DBus session is not aware of the dconf service. The full error you might get is

error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name ca.desrt.dconf was not provided by any .service files

The solution on NixOS is to add

programs.dconf.enable = true;

to your system configuration.

6.5. How do I install packages from Nixpkgs unstable?

If you are using a stable version of Nixpkgs but would like to install some particular packages from Nixpkgs unstable – or some other channel – then you can import the unstable Nixpkgs and refer to its packages within your configuration. Something like

{ pkgs, config, ... }:
+}

while the common.nix file contains configuration shared across the two logins. Of course, instead of just a single common.nix file you can have multiple ones, even one per program or service.

You can get some inspiration from the Post your home-manager home.nix file! Reddit thread.

6.4. Why do I get an error message about ca.desrt.dconf or dconf.service?

You are most likely trying to configure something that uses dconf +but the DBus session is not aware of the dconf service. +The full error you might get is

error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name ca.desrt.dconf was not provided by any .service files

or

error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit dconf.service not found.

The solution on NixOS is to add

programs.dconf.enable = true;

to your system configuration.

6.5. How do I install packages from Nixpkgs unstable?

If you are using a stable version of Nixpkgs but would like to install some particular packages from Nixpkgs unstable – or some other channel – then you can import the unstable Nixpkgs and refer to its packages within your configuration. Something like

{ pkgs, config, ... }:
 
 let
 
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-Appendix D. Tools

Appendix D. Tools

home-manager - — reconfigure a user environment

Name

home-manager +Appendix D. Tools

Appendix D. Tools

home-manager + — reconfigure a user environment

Name

home-manager — reconfigure a user environment

Synopsis

home-manager { build | @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ | --verbose } - ]

Description

+ ]

Description

This command updates the user environment so that it corresponds to the configuration specified in ~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix or ~/.config/nixpkgs/flake.nix.

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ available for immediate garbage collection.

-

Options

+

Options

The tool accepts the options

-A attrPath @@ -265,15 +265,15 @@ --verbose

Activates verbose output. -

Files

+

Files

$XDG_DATA_HOME/home-manager/news-read-ids

Identifiers of news items that have been shown. Can be deleted to reset the read news indicator. -

Bugs

+

Bugs

Please report any bugs on the project issue tracker. -

See also

+

See also

home-configuration.nix(5)

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