sedros
October 23, 2024, 11:17am
1
Hi, new NixOS user here. I recently started playing with NixOS (a fresh install) and I encountered a problem - hope that you’ll be able to help me out.
I want to install libreoffice-24.x on my system but no matter what I do I get 7.6. Nix-search tells me that 24.x versions are available:
[user@nixos:~]$ nix-search --channel=24.05 libreoffice
libreoffice @ 7.6.7.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-qt @ 7.6.7.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-bin @ 7.6.7
libreoffice-still @ 7.6.7.2-wrapped
libreoffice-fresh @ 24.2.5.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-qt-still @ 7.6.7.2-wrapped
libreoffice-qt-fresh @ 24.2.5.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-qt6-still @ 7.6.7.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-qt6-fresh @ 24.2.5.2-wrapped : libreoffice sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice swriter unopkg
libreoffice-still-unwrapped @ 7.6.7.2
libreoffice-fresh-unwrapped @ 24.2.5.2
libreoffice-qt-still-unwrapped @ 7.6.7.2
libreoffice-qt-fresh-unwrapped @ 24.2.5.2
libreoffice-qt6-fresh-unwrapped @ 24.2.5.2
libre @ 3.10.0
librep @ 0.92.7 : rep rep-remote rep-xgettext repdoc
librem @ 2.12.0
librest @ 0.8.1
librepo @ 1.15.1
librelp @ 1.11.0
When I put libreoffice-fresh or libreoffice-qt6-fresh into my configuration.nix file and rebuild I always and up with libreoffice-7.6.7.2. Why? How can I install the version that I want?
linnnus
October 23, 2024, 11:42am
2
Try sending your configuration. It’s a lot easier to diagnose the problem if we can see the configuration that generates it!
Also, have you checked that your nixos-rebuid invocation is using the same channel as your invocation of nixos-search?
sedros
October 23, 2024, 11:48am
3
What configuration would you need to diagnose the problem?
[root@nixos:~]# nix-channel --list
nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-24.05
[root@nixos:~]# cat /etc/nixos/configuration.nix | grep -Ev "^ +#|^#|^$"
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
time.timeZone = "Europe/Warsaw";
i18n.defaultLocale = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
LC_ADDRESS = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_MEASUREMENT = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_MONETARY = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_NAME = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_NUMERIC = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_PAPER = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_TELEPHONE = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
LC_TIME = "pl_PL.UTF-8";
};
services.xserver.enable = true;
services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
services.xserver.xkb = {
layout = "pl";
variant = "";
};
console.keyMap = "pl2";
services.printing.enable = true;
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
security.rtkit.enable = true;
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa.enable = true;
alsa.support32Bit = true;
pulse.enable = true;
};
users.users.user = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = "user";
extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
packages = with pkgs; [
kdePackages.kate
];
};
programs.firefox.enable = true;
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
htop
libreoffice-fresh
mc
neovim
nix-search-cli
screen
steam
thunderbird
tmux
vim
vlc
wget
yakuake
];
services.openssh.enable = true;
system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
}
[root@nixos:~]#
sedros
October 23, 2024, 12:47pm
4
Ok, I have some more information. When I looked into /nix/store I found libreoffice-24.x there:
$ ls -la /nix/store/ | grep libreoffice
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 1970-01-01 03374x8pkyk30nck226j480jklrfg09b-libreoffice-kde-dependencies-7.6.7.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3006 1970-01-01 2x7ip7m7k0w5bm6l15l0gc0427p8qbj5-libreoffice-7.6.7.2.tar.xz.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3031 1970-01-01 46v9ykxrw4447vq8s3xdvl6l6srp4fai-libreoffice-help-24.2.5.2.tar.xz.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3058 1970-01-01 4qhcgyxh387b2k3dxc0yp0ishr8xnpg6-libreoffice-translations-7.6.7.2.tar.xz.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 6785 1970-01-01 6qi80rks3fbqkl5fgq98jm3r9mvpc1wr-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 70911 1970-01-01 7xia3s8lblnh62wp85vxljyz9fidgwrc-libreoffice-7.6.7.2.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 70733 1970-01-01 94i2dxx3gcw7lilwmihz0f6f2j768glk-libreoffice-7.6.7.2.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 1970-01-01 9vn3ls2j1gzfqbldl5iyasl2kxm7xwvs-libreoffice-24.2.5.2
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 1970-01-01 a4yq73486ijfh4k1ci2bfds5rp4h7hkz-libreoffice-7.6.7.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3174 1970-01-01 b5f7nw8x1pqrs1689dvdbywzd33drjf7-libreoffice-kde-dependencies-7.6.7.2.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 fv9cqpqmcsj23kynf8in73pawjs5pv6q-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 80150 1970-01-01 gclh4n92l3i5115bvq126f3a5j5srpwf-libreoffice-24.2.5.2.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 gd9arpcj2ff5iw2c5l7xrhz12xsipjba-libreoffice-24.2.5.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 6776 1970-01-01 gg4j0h77w5sfbn130zhx6wp4r2lqidd1-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 gwgamg2pa5y7y2vad3bqigw5wki8bbcw-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3026 1970-01-01 hazm9s57y8cq05kd15pygd1931pyi4l3-libreoffice-help-7.6.7.2.tar.xz.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2922 1970-01-01 hwwvqcs514sf8caly8bfcdfq9i9cv3i8-libreoffice-kde-dependencies-7.6.7.2.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 1970-01-01 iwz4mzv8c7s8dql38pv520np5vdm3g9q-libreoffice-7.6.7.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 72309 1970-01-01 j6xhlxhl2cb5aa6qiaki7ddbxkllgwzg-libreoffice-7.6.7.2.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10626 1970-01-01 jrz8qwzs95cld5j1cnvxlqq5469xx4c4-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 k1swhbmkck79qw26aqp5qgnl8irrppx6-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3063 1970-01-01 liav6k5dsf7x2dfis5bk5h1xp9q5yxjr-libreoffice-translations-24.2.5.2.tar.xz.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 m083nf5hln6fg5qlr4i5jscs8d1aa50k-libreoffice-7.6.7.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10176 1970-01-01 m575csz45am195bh8msm7r05w22hv2pj-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10167 1970-01-01 mc2zs5msw4qanz0l60sgpicdjxrwiyr0-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 1970-01-01 mzcxfgsm5vnbp930gi009ddji6zzmk14-libreoffice-kde-dependencies-24.2.5.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3011 1970-01-01 sfswngk3n8agdp0m5vfqzrpybm7w1245-libreoffice-24.2.5.2.tar.xz.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 vpdnn8kr36qwvsxgvmz6lly298xiarzz-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 78580 1970-01-01 ws77hyvvqn9ablbzzcl91pk3kpfw4cpb-libreoffice-24.2.5.2.drv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2925 1970-01-01 y0p4j5yvs0i43jypsn8b7l8sip4mpd60-libreoffice-kde-dependencies-24.2.5.2.drv
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped
When I peak in one of the folders:
$ ls -la /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/bin/
razem 44
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 1970-01-01 .
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 1970-01-01 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 1970-01-01 libreoffice -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/bin/soffice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 102 1970-01-01 sbase -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/sbase
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 102 1970-01-01 scalc -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/scalc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 102 1970-01-01 sdraw -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/sdraw
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 105 1970-01-01 simpress -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/simpress
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 102 1970-01-01 smath -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/smath
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 104 1970-01-01 soffice -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 104 1970-01-01 swriter -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/swriter
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 103 1970-01-01 unopkg -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/lib/libreoffice/program/unopkg
When I run any of those binaries I get LibreOffice 24. However when I check what is “libreoffice” pointing at:
$ type libreoffice
libreoffice is /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/libreoffice
$ ls -la /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/libreoffice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 83 1970-01-01 /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/libreoffice -> /nix/store/k1swhbmkck79qw26aqp5qgnl8irrppx6-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped/bin/soffice
So were the links not updated as they should? Is that a bug? Is there a better way to fix that other than changing the links manually?
sedros
October 23, 2024, 1:34pm
5
Ok, I think I solved the problem however I still think it’s a bug. Should I report it somewhere?
Solution:
[root@nixos:~]# nix profile list --extra-experimental-features nix-command
Index: 0
Store paths: /nix/store/k1swhbmkck79qw26aqp5qgnl8irrppx6-libreoffice-7.6.7.2-wrapped
[root@nixos:~]# nix profile remove 0 --extra-experimental-features nix-command
removing 'libreoffice'
[root@nixos:~]# nix profile list --extra-experimental-features nix-command
[root@nixos:~]# type libreoffice
libreoffice is /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice
[root@nixos:~]# ls -la /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 88 1970-01-01 /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/bin/libreoffice
After removing the package in root’s profile it started to work not only for root but also for the user:
[user@nixos:~]$ type libreoffice
libreoffice is /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice
[user@nixos:~]$ ls -la /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 88 1970-01-01 /run/current-system/sw/bin/libreoffice -> /nix/store/zi4nivfr10s75gyz2xx2b7bad4g3dh8c-libreoffice-24.2.5.2-wrapped/bin/libreoffice