This may be an unusual thing but I realised that use nix run a lot instead of putting the package in my nixos configuration. It’s often on packages I run at most once every 3 days
Am I the only one that does that?
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I use
nix-shell -pfor infrequently used commands, or nix shell flake#packagename for flakes. I prefer the shell environment because I rarely need to run something only one in a session. Usually I forget the cli arguments, and then have to run--helpand so on.For anything I need more frequently, I usually install either via home manager if I care about a specific/newer version, or just as a system package (I don’t use NixOS).
I use comma very frequently. I have fast enough Internet that download time doesn’t really matter for most things, so it takes a lot for me to actually promote it to a system package
Same as you but with nix-shell -p
I mostly use it for coding so
nix run ., I use comma for apps I need just onceI do this and then regret it when I’m on my laptop using slow WiFi and have to dowload 1g of stuff to run freecad or Krita or something
Yeah I see it when I nix run krita lol
I don’t have any packages like that to be fair but: no.
I’ve ran nix run perhaps … once a year for the last years. I either create a shell.nix or add it into my config.
Just curious what would be a command you’re using like this? The only one that came close to that for me was nvidia-smi and that I ran once with run and then created a shell.nix with some other debug stuff :D
I actually use it to run krita, prism launcher when the Minecraft mood peek in, inkscape, MusicBrainz picard, Alistral, peazips, libre Office.
Aka, anything that I don’t use enough to warrant opening my config and adding them in (and forgetting when I do open my config.
Although krita is currently being installed through flatpack because nixpkgs ship broken alpha versions…
Ah for these tools I went full all in on home manager! But nothing wrong with a nix run if it works!
I never tried flatpacks on nixos, curious idea! Might solve the one or other flake hack I have :D thanks!
Personally I find home manager really hard to use. The documentation is really bad, and I never find what want… Nor what’s possible. I don’t use it because I don’t want to, just I don’t know how to
It was that or spaghetti an override and compile krita from scratch. So I chose the lazy way
That’s funny. I also use it (semi-)regularly for Krita, Inkscape, MusicBrainz Picard, LibreOffice, and well, not Prism Launcher but Luanti.
I also have GIMP and some other games in the rotation.
My metric is kind of that if I don’t use a piece of software as often as I update my system, then it’s not really worth including into the system updates. Of course, I also have to not mind waiting for it to be installed, when I do want to use it.
Honestly pretty much never, i always use nix shell if i want to quickly try and run something without commiting to it.
