Using nix-darwin and
home-manager
darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/nixpkgs
For MacOS the hostname must match the name of the darwin configuration.
For first time setup make sure to read through the section on flakes in the nix-darwin documentation.
Use nix-prefetch-git to get information about git repositories that will be
useful for configuration.
Node is currently a bit of a pain to use with Nix, especially when using global private/scoped packages. Consequently, volta will be used to managed node dependencies.
Programs/Applications not currently managed via Nix
- Slack
- MongoDB Compass
- Brave Browser
- PriTunl
- Docker
- Volta*