Searching for “LocalAI” doesn’t return the LocalAI package

_Andrew · September 19, 2024, 1:32am

When searching for “LocalAI” on NixOS Search, the package is missing from the search results, apparently because it’s named after the local-ai executable instead of the project.

What can be done to make the package show up when searching for the project name?

doronbehar · September 19, 2024, 6:39am

Also the pname and the local-ai executable choice is a bit superficial, see:

github.com

NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/086b448a5d54fd117f4dc2dee55c9f0ff461bdc1/pkgs/by-name/lo/local-ai/package.nix#L471-L477


      
          installPhase = ''
            runHook preInstall
          
          
  install -Dt $out/bin ${pname}
          
          
  runHook postInstall
          '';

Does upstream’s docs mention the local-ai executable? If not, it’d be worth talking about this issue with the maintainers of this package, via a GitHub issue (ccing them of course).