Travis A. EverettandDaiderd Jordan
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This should handle installation scenarios we can handle with anything resembling confidence. Goal is approximating the existing setup--not enforcing a best-practice... Approaches (+ installer-handled, - manual) and configs each covers: + no change needed; /nix OK on boot volume: All pre-Catalina (regardless of T2 or FileVault use) + create new unencrypted volume: Catalina, pre-T2, no FileVault + create new encrypted-at-rest volume: Catalina, pre-T2, FileVault Catalina, T2, no FileVault - require user to pre-create encrypted volume Catalina, T2, FileVault
Nix
Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.
Installation
On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.
Building And Developing
Building Nix
You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by release.nix:
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
Development Environment
You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:
$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
Additional Resources
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.