Run custom bash commands in configuration.nix

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Hello, i want to enable CUDA, but not use nix-shell, but i need to use this command

shellHook = ''
      export CUDA_PATH=${pkgs.cudatoolkit}
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/wsl/lib:${pkgs.linuxPackages.nvidia_x11}/lib:${pkgs.ncurses5}/lib
      export EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-L/lib -L${pkgs.linuxPackages.nvidia_x11}/lib"
      export EXTRA_CCFLAGS="-I/usr/include"
   '';

What is the alternative in the pure configuration.nix file? Cannot find the option.

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Use dev shells, that’t what they’re meant for. And definitely do not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

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So i cannot install this as permanent? Only entering the shell?

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Installing libraries globally is not the intended usecase for NixOS. Of course there are ways to make using dev shells easier, e.g. nix-direnv can automatically enter the dev shell when you’re in the project dir.

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You could do something insane and put them enviroment.variables, you could do something marginally less insane and add them to sessionVariables under home-manager,. but really you actually want a shell.nix or whatever the flake equivalent is so that you aren’t carrying this around everywhere, but instead access it when you are presumably developing with cuda / curses.

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