Syntax error while setting up secure boot

I got the same problem and followed this: Configuration.nix syntax error when setting up lanzaboote - #4 by Kaukov

but I ended up with a different error
here is what my configuration.nix look like:

# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:


   #Lanzaboote
  let
    sources = import ./lon.nix;
    lanzaboote = import sources.lanzaboote;
  in
  {
    imports =
      [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
        ./hardware-configuration.nix
        lanzaboote.nixosModules.lanzaboote
      ];

    # Bootloader.
    # boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
    # boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
    # Lanzaboote currently replaces the systemd-boot module.
    # This setting is usually set to true in configuration.nix
    # generated at installation time. So we force it to false
    # for now.
    boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = lib.mkForce false;

    boot.lanzaboote = {
      enable = true;
      pkiBundle = "/var/lib/sbctl";
    };
    #end of Lanzaboote

  # Bootloader.
  #boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
  #boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.

  # Configure network proxy if necessary
  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";

  # Enable networking
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = "Australia/Melbourne";

  # Select internationalisation properties.
  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_AU.UTF-8";

  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_MONETARY = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_NAME = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_NUMERIC = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_PAPER = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_TIME = "en_AU.UTF-8";
  };

  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
  services.xserver = {
    enable = true;
    # Enable the XFCE Desktop Environment.
    displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
    desktopManager.xfce.enable = true;
  };

  # Install compositor
  services.picom = {
    enable = true;
    backend = "glx";
    fade = true;
  };
  
  # Configure keymap in X11
  services.xserver.xkb = {
    layout = "us";
    variant = "";
  };

  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
  services.printing.enable = true;

  # Enable sound with pipewire.
  services.pulseaudio.enable = false;
  security.rtkit.enable = true;
  services.pipewire = {
    enable = true;
    alsa.enable = true;
    alsa.support32Bit = true;
    pulse.enable = true;
    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
    jack.enable = true;

    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
    #media-session.enable = true;
  };

  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users."forrest" = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "Forrest Nguyen";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
    #  thunderbird
    ];
  };

  # Install firefox.
  programs.firefox.enable = true;

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;


  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
  # $ nix search wget
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    sbctl lon
    vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
    wget
    brave
    discord
    vscode
    git
    gedit
    btop
    alacritty
  ];


  # Fonts installation
  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
    jetbrains-mono
    gohufont
  ];
  
  
  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
  # started in user sessions.
  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
  #   enable = true;
  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
  # };

  # List services that you want to enable:

  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  # services.openssh.enable = true;

  # Open ports in the firewall.
  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;
    
  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
  system.stateVersion = "26.05"; # Did you read the comment?

}

and this is the error:

error:
       … while evaluating the attribute 'config'
         at /nix/store/qxz469l4pfyg9i0ssch3jwll7k5faq6m-nixos-26.05/nixos/lib/modules.nix:402:9:
          401|         options = checked options;
          402|         config = checked (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
             |         ^
          403|         _module = checked (config._module);

       … while calling the 'seq' builtin
         at /nix/store/qxz469l4pfyg9i0ssch3jwll7k5faq6m-nixos-26.05/nixos/lib/modules.nix:402:18:
          401|         options = checked options;
          402|         config = checked (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
             |                  ^
          403|         _module = checked (config._module);

       (stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)

       error: expected a set but found a function: «lambda @ /nix/store/g2l1gavww8vh3mgp00iqqxr2szs0yrmc-source/default.nix:1:1»
Command 'nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' --attr config.system.build.nixos-rebuild --no-out-link' returned non-zero exit status 1.

You’re missing the opening curly brace before the Lanzaboote configuration

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Thanks for the reply, I did not expect to get a reply that quick. I tried to add the curly bracket:

# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

{
   #Lanzaboote
  let
    sources = import ./lon.nix;
    lanzaboote = import sources.lanzaboote;
  in
  {
    imports =
      [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
        ./hardware-configuration.nix
        lanzaboote.nixosModules.lanzaboote
      ];

    # Bootloader.
    # boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
    # boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
    # Lanzaboote currently replaces the systemd-boot module.
    # This setting is usually set to true in configuration.nix
    # generated at installation time. So we force it to false
    # for now.
    boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = lib.mkForce false;

    boot.lanzaboote = {
      enable = true;
      pkiBundle = "/var/lib/sbctl";
    };
    #end of Lanzaboote

  # Bootloader.
  #boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
  #boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.

  # Configure network proxy if necessary
  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";

  # Enable networking
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set your time zone.
  time.timeZone = "Australia/Melbourne";

  # Select internationalisation properties.
  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_AU.UTF-8";

  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_MONETARY = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_NAME = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_NUMERIC = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_PAPER = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_AU.UTF-8";
    LC_TIME = "en_AU.UTF-8";
  };

  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
  services.xserver = {
    enable = true;
    # Enable the XFCE Desktop Environment.
    displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
    desktopManager.xfce.enable = true;
  };

  # Install compositor
  services.picom = {
    enable = true;
    backend = "glx";
    fade = true;
  };
  
  # Configure keymap in X11
  services.xserver.xkb = {
    layout = "us";
    variant = "";
  };

  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
  services.printing.enable = true;

  # Enable sound with pipewire.
  services.pulseaudio.enable = false;
  security.rtkit.enable = true;
  services.pipewire = {
    enable = true;
    alsa.enable = true;
    alsa.support32Bit = true;
    pulse.enable = true;
    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
    jack.enable = true;

    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
    #media-session.enable = true;
  };

  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;

  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users."forrest" = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "Forrest Nguyen";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
    #  thunderbird
    ];
  };

  # Install firefox.
  programs.firefox.enable = true;

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;


  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
  # $ nix search wget
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    sbctl lon
    vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
    wget
    brave
    discord
    vscode
    git
    gedit
    btop
    alacritty
  ];


  # Fonts installation
  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
    jetbrains-mono
    gohufont
  ];
  
  
  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
  # started in user sessions.
  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
  #   enable = true;
  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
  # };

  # List services that you want to enable:

  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
  # services.openssh.enable = true;

  # Open ports in the firewall.
  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
  # networking.firewall.enable = false;
    
  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
  system.stateVersion = "26.05"; # Did you read the comment?

}

and this is the error message I got:

error:
       … while evaluating the attribute 'config'
         at /nix/store/qxz469l4pfyg9i0ssch3jwll7k5faq6m-nixos-26.05/nixos/lib/modules.nix:402:9:
          401|         options = checked options;
          402|         config = checked (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
             |         ^
          403|         _module = checked (config._module);

       … while calling the 'seq' builtin
         at /nix/store/qxz469l4pfyg9i0ssch3jwll7k5faq6m-nixos-26.05/nixos/lib/modules.nix:402:18:
          401|         options = checked options;
          402|         config = checked (removeAttrs config [ "_module" ]);
             |                  ^
          403|         _module = checked (config._module);

       (stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)

       error: syntax error, unexpected 'let', expecting 'inherit'
       at /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:9:3:
            8|    #Lanzaboote
            9|   let
             |   ^
           10|     sources = import ./lon.nix;
Command 'nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' --attr config.system.build.nixos-rebuild --no-out-link' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Sorry, my bad. I skimmed through the config and missed the variable declarations.

Remove the curly brace you added and modify the lanzaboote import:


lanzaboote = import sources.lanzaboote {
    inherit pkgs;
  };
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Legendary! thank you so much, it works now.

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