nivem: accusative singular of nix ❄️

nivem

My NixOS and Home Manager configurations in a Nix flake.

Features:

• Hyprland
• Caelestia Shell
• Nixvim

recording.mp4

Installation

Online Install (Home Manager)

*Install a configuration without cloning the repository.*

1. If not already done, enable flakes and prepare Home Manager.

nix develop --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' github:benvonh/nivem

2. Install the Home Manager configuration of your choice.

home-manager switch --flake github:benvonh/nivem#your-config

You may omit #your-config to default to $USER.

Full Install (NixOS)

*Install a configuration locally for NixOS and Home Manager.*

1. Clone this repository and enter my custom shell.

git clone https://github.com/benvonh/nivem ~/nivem
nix develop --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' ~/nivem

2. Create a Home Manager configuration.

mkdir ~/nivem/home-manager/$USER

# See other configs for reference
vim ~/nivem/home-manager/$USER/default.nix

3. Create a NixOS configuration.

mkdir ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST
cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST

# See other configs for reference
vim ~/nivem/nixos/$HOST/default.nix

4. Add the configurations to the flake and switch to it.

vim ~/nivem/flake.nix

cd ~/nivem
git add .

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/nivem#your-config

You may omit #your-config to default to $HOST. Note that this NixOS setup imports Home Manager internally.

⚠️ Make sure to change personal settings such as Git username and hardware modules.

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Special thanks to Misterio77 for his nix-starter-configs!