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In #807 I changed the flag passed to `sudo` from `-i` to `-s` so `sudo` wouldn't use a non-existent shell defined in the `passwd` file. kalbasit also reported in that PR that `-i` didn't work for them anymore on an M1 Mac, presumably because Apple changed something in newer versions of macOS. Some users reported that this broke the behavior for them because `SHELL` was set to a path that didn't even exist on their system. It's unclear how this came to be but it shows that my assumption that `SHELL` would be set to a reasonable shell by Home Manager at this point in the activation is false. As a way around this problem we can explicitly set `SHELL` when running the activation script to a value that we know will be good, like `${pkgs.bash}`. One change in behavior this causes is that the activation script will always be run by bash, not the user's shell. If the script is generated by Home Manager this is fine since it can be generated taking into account the supported set of functions and behaviors. If the intent is for the activation script to possibly be run by non-bash and even non-POSIX shells, like tcsh, ksh or Xonsh, then this fix will not suffice. Turns out this is indeed an assumption made by Home Manager, so this is the proper behavior. Fixes #2900 |
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Home Manager using Nix
This project provides a basic system for managing a user environment using the Nix package manager together with the Nix libraries found in Nixpkgs. It allows declarative configuration of user specific (non global) packages and dotfiles.
Usage
Before attempting to use Home Manager please read the warning below.
For a systematic overview of Home Manager and its available options, please see
- the Home Manager manual and
- the Home Manager configuration options.
If you would like to contribute to Home Manager then please have a look at the contributing chapter of the manual.
Words of warning
Unfortunately, it is quite possible to get difficult to understand errors when working with Home Manager, such as infinite loops with no clear source reference. You should therefore be comfortable using the Nix language and the various tools in the Nix ecosystem. Reading through the Nix Pills document is a good way to familiarize yourself with them.
If you are not very familiar with Nix but still want to use Home Manager then you are strongly encouraged to start with a small and very simple configuration and gradually make it more elaborate as you learn.
In some cases Home Manager cannot detect whether it will overwrite a previous manual configuration. For example, the Gnome Terminal module will write to your dconf store and cannot tell whether a configuration that it is about to be overwritten was from a previous Home Manager generation or from manual configuration.
Home Manager targets NixOS unstable and NixOS version 22.05 (the current stable version), it may or may not work on other Linux distributions and NixOS versions.
Also, the home-manager tool does not explicitly support rollbacks at
the moment so if your home directory gets messed up you'll have to fix
it yourself. See the rollbacks section for instructions on how to
manually perform a rollback.
Now when your expectations have been built up and you are eager to try all this out you can go ahead and read the rest of this text.
Contact
You can chat with us on IRC in the channel #home-manager on OFTC. There is also a Matrix room, which is bridged to the IRC channel.
Installation
Home Manager can be used in three primary ways:
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Using the standalone
home-managertool. For platforms other than NixOS and Darwin, this is the only available choice. It is also recommended for people on NixOS or Darwin that want to manage their home directory independently of the system as a whole. See Standalone installation in the manual for instructions on how to perform this installation. -
As a module within a NixOS system configuration. This allows the user profiles to be built together with the system when running
nixos-rebuild. See NixOS module installation in the manual for a description of this setup. -
As a module within a nix-darwin system configuration. This allows the user profiles to be built together with the system when running
darwin-rebuild. See nix-darwin module installation in the manual for a description of this setup.
Home Manager provides both the channel-based setup and the flake-based one. See Nix Flakes for a description of the flake-based setup.
Translations
Home Manager has basic support for internationalization through gettext. The translations are hosted by Weblate. If you would like to contribute to the translation effort then start by going to the Home Manager Weblate project.
Releases
Home Manager is developed against nixpkgs-unstable branch, which
often causes it to contain tweaks for changes/packages not yet
released in stable NixOS. To avoid breaking users' configurations,
Home Manager is released in branches corresponding to NixOS releases
(e.g. release-22.05). These branches get fixes, but usually not new
modules. If you need a module to be backported, then feel free to open
an issue.
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.