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@monkeydom
For flakes and nix v2 the equivalent conmand is
nix shell nixpkgs#someappname
and nixpkgs can be like these

```
nixpkgs
nixpkgs/nixos-unstable
nixpkgs/nixos-25.11
github:username/repo
```
etc
#nix #nixpkgs #nixshell #ephemeral #flakes

Deploying a :nixos: #nixshell it is kind of funny that building gcc requires g++ ...

#Nixshell isn’t executing its Python/poetry command and doesn’t exit
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-shell-isnt-executing-its-python-poetry-command-and-doesnt-exit/58452

Anyone interested in contributing to this thread?

#NixOS #Nix #poetry #shellscripts

Just looked into #nixshell and #direnv to setup a clean environment to compile greptimedb: https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/pull/5175

clang, gcc, mold and patched #rust are required.

How To Test A Package Without Installing It Using Nix Package Manager In Linux #nix #adhoc #shellenvironment #nixos #nixshell #devops #linux #programming #linuxadmin #linuxhowto #cli
https://ostechnix.com/how-to-test-a-package-without-installing-it-in-linux/

How To Create Development Environments With Nix-shell In Linux #nix #nixshell #nixos #linux #softwaredevelopment #linuxcommands #linuxhowto #commandline #cli #opensource
https://ostechnix.com/nix-shell-create-development-environments/

I have officially joined the #nix #nixshell hype train. Any resources for devs would be appreciated. So far I'm looking to replace language version managers with nix-shell. Tips are welcome!

@dm nice! I plan to use it for *wait for it* .. gaming, I also want to emulate some old consoles and use it as a thin client to remote in to the computer at work (either #nixshell or #distrobox will do the trick I hope)

I just discovered that #PHPStorm doesn’t really work with tools like #direnv or #nixshell.
This makes me a bit sad because it might prevent us from using #Nix and #devenv for our new development setup.

#NixOS

Anyone got any good #NixOS resources for setting up #Minikube with #Podman or #KVM in a #Nix shell?

Or at least any good #NixFlake guide on setting up #QEMU and #KVM?

#NixShell #NixFlakes #Kubernetes #K8S

However, a :nixos: #nixshell for "quickly give me :docker: #Docker for a minute" is not possible, right? It wouldn't start the daemon.

In this case #Apptainer is a cool alternative: no root or daemon required to run software from containers.

Once you have experienced it you start to value the ephemeral nature of :nixos: #NixOS #nixshell's. Quickly need that one program but don't want it to clutter your system permanently?

nix-shell -p git-extras

This drops you into a shell with some extra git utils. Once you drop out of the shell, it's gone from your PATH again. 🎉

A little meh though that apparently only bash is really supported ootb as such though 🫤

Was wondering if on nixos when doing a nixos-rebuild it's was possible to pre download packages for a nix-shell file? The idea is that later i wouldn't need to download them when i do a "nix-shell my-shell-file.nix" ?
#nixos #nix #nixshell #nixpkgs

Installed #opensuse #tumbleweed on my old x230 because I'm sadly struggling too much with getting a dev environment working easily using either #docker or #nixshell running on #VanillaOS. Vanilla works great for my media laptop that must-not-break-no-matter-what, though.

I hadn't seen it previously but the opensuse installer has an encrypted partitions option, and it worked flawlessly! Guess I'll spend tomorrow reinstalling my other opensuse laptop as well.

@someodd I don't do #Haskell development so I cannot speak from experience, but this might help you set it up with #NixShell:
https://github.com/aveltras/setting-up-a-haskell-development-environment-with-nix

I'm personally using nix-shell for occasional Python development