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| author | Bill Sun <billksun@gmail.com> | 2024-01-10 22:43:46 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-01-10 22:43:46 -0800 |
| commit | 236abd9d9da14d614f9f36f1469ff90f441ba167 (patch) | |
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Add Nix Flake (#77)
* Add Nix Flake
Co-authored-by: Bryce Berger <bryce.z.berger@gmail.com>
* Describe nix flake in readme
* Add `niri-config` to build source list
* Add maintainer info
Add comment at top to indicate the Nix Flake file
is community maintained.
* Clarify Nix/NixOS README instructions
* Shorten Nix/NixOS build instructions
Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
* Move NixOS installation instruction to "Tip" section
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Co-authored-by: Bryce Berger <bryce.z.berger@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ When a monitor disconnects, its workspaces will move to another monitor, but upo > [!TIP] > For Fedora users, there's a COPR with built and packaged niri: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/yalter/niri/ > -> NixOS users, check out https://github.com/sodiboo/niri-flake +> For NixOS users, check out https://github.com/sodiboo/niri-flake First, install the dependencies for your distribution. @@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ First, install the dependencies for your distribution. Next, build niri with `cargo build --release`. +### NixOS/Nix + +We have a community-maintained flake which provides a devshell with required dependencies. Use `nix build` to build niri, and then run `./results/bin/niri`. + +If you're not on NixOS, you may need [NixGL](https://github.com/nix-community/nixGL) to run the resulting binary: + +``` +nix run --impure github:guibou/nixGL -- ./results/bin/niri +``` + ## Installation The recommended way to install and run niri is as a standalone desktop session. |