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# Configuration Example {#sec-usage-configuration}
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A fresh install of Home Manager will generate a minimal
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`~/.config/home-manager/home.nix` file containing something like
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``` nix
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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
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{
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# Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the
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# paths it should manage.
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home.username = "jdoe";
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home.homeDirectory = "/home/jdoe";
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# This value determines the Home Manager release that your
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# configuration is compatible with. This helps avoid breakage
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# when a new Home Manager release introduces backwards
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# incompatible changes.
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#
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# You can update Home Manager without changing this value. See
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# the Home Manager release notes for a list of state version
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# changes in each release.
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home.stateVersion = "23.11";
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# Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
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programs.home-manager.enable = true;
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}
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```
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You can use this as a base for your further configurations.
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::: {.note}
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If you are not very familiar with the Nix language and NixOS modules
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then it is encouraged to start with small and simple changes. As you
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learn you can gradually grow the configuration with confidence.
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:::
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As an example, let us expand the initial configuration file to also
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install the htop and fortune packages, install Emacs with a few extra
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packages available, and enable the user gpg-agent service.
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To satisfy the above setup we should elaborate the `home.nix` file as
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follows:
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``` nix
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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
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{
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# Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the
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# paths it should manage.
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home.username = "jdoe";
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home.homeDirectory = "/home/jdoe";
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# Packages that should be installed to the user profile.
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home.packages = [
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pkgs.htop
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pkgs.fortune
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];
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# This value determines the Home Manager release that your
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# configuration is compatible with. This helps avoid breakage
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# when a new Home Manager release introduces backwards
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# incompatible changes.
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#
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# You can update Home Manager without changing this value. See
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# the Home Manager release notes for a list of state version
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# changes in each release.
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home.stateVersion = "23.11";
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# Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
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programs.home-manager.enable = true;
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programs.emacs = {
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enable = true;
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extraPackages = epkgs: [
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epkgs.nix-mode
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epkgs.magit
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];
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};
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services.gpg-agent = {
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enable = true;
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defaultCacheTtl = 1800;
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enableSshSupport = true;
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};
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}
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```
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- Nixpkgs packages can be installed to the user profile using
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[home.packages](#opt-home.packages).
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- The option names of a program module typically start with
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`programs.<package name>`.
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- Similarly, for a service module, the names start with
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`services.<package name>`. Note in some cases a package has both
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programs *and* service options -- Emacs is such an example.
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To activate this configuration you can run
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``` shell
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home-manager switch
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```
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or if you are not feeling so lucky,
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``` shell
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home-manager build
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```
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which will create a `result` link to a directory containing an
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activation script and the generated home directory files.
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