Hi,
I am new to NixOS and Home-manager but i’ve managed to get a working system up and running but i am now facing issues getting certain packages installed using the “unstable” branch.
The issue is that nixvim want’s to install terraform which has an unfree license (bsl11):
error: Package ‘terraform-1.9.4’ in /nix/store/sfycwi72zfjsspidinx56ajaiffpyh17-source/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform/default.nix:52 has an unfree license (‘bsl11’), refusing to evaluate
So i’ve been trying to get nixvim to use the unstable overlay which has the config.allowUnfree = true; option set. But as you can probably see i’m not sure how everything works together, so the end result is that home-manager still complains about terraform and it’s “unfree” license.
I’ve looked at other persons configurations and mainly i’ve been looking at Misterio77/nix-starter-configs. So a lot of my config i’ve just copied and pasted without really understanding how everything works.
But this is my flake.nix file:
{
description = "Vinylen nixos config";
inputs = {
# Nixpkgs
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05";
nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
# Also see the 'unstable-packages' overlay at 'overlays/default.nix'.
stylix.url = "github:danth/stylix";
nixvim = {
url = "github:vinylen/nixvim-config";
# If you are not running an unstable channel of nixpkgs, select the corresponding branch of nixvim.
# url = "github:nix-community/nixvim/nixos-24.05";
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unstable";
};
# home-manager, used for managing user configuration
home-manager = {
url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-24.05";
# The `follows` keyword in inputs is used for inheritance.
# Here, `inputs.nixpkgs` of home-manager is kept consistent with
# the `inputs.nixpkgs` of the current flake,
# to avoid problems caused by different versions of nixpkgs.
inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};
};
outputs = {
self,
nixpkgs,
nixpkgs-unstable,
home-manager,
stylix,
...
} @ inputs: let
inherit (self) outputs;
# Supported systems for your flake packages, shell, etc.
systems = [
"x86_64-linux"
];
# This is a function that generates an attribute by calling a function you
# pass to it, with each system as an argument
forAllSystems = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems;
in {
# Your custom packages
# Accessible through 'nix build', 'nix shell', etc
packages = forAllSystems (system: import ./pkgs nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
# Formatter for your nix files, available through 'nix fmt'
# Other options beside 'alejandra' include 'nixpkgs-fmt'
formatter = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.alejandra);
# Your custom packages and modifications, exported as overlays
overlays = import ./overlays {inherit inputs;};
# Reusable nixos modules you might want to export
# These are usually stuff you would upstream into nixpkgs
nixosModules = import ./modules/nixos;
# Reusable home-manager modules you might want to export
# These are usually stuff you would upstream into home-manager
homeManagerModules = import ./modules/home-manager;
# NixOS configuration entrypoint
# Available through 'nixos-rebuild --flake .#your-hostname'
nixosConfigurations = {
knut = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
specialArgs = {
# pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
# inherit systems;
# config.allowUnfree = true;
# };
inherit inputs outputs;
};
modules = [
# > Our main nixos configuration file <
./nixos/configuration.nix
stylix.nixosModules.stylix
];
};
};
# Standalone home-manager configuration entrypoint
# Available through 'home-manager --flake .#your-username@your-hostname'
homeConfigurations = {
"vicnil@knut" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
pkgs = import nixpkgs {
system = "x86_64-linux";
config.allowUnfree = true;
}; # Home-manager requires 'pkgs' instance
extraSpecialArgs = {
pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
inherit systems;
config.allowUnfree = true;
};
inherit inputs outputs;
};
modules = [
# > Our main home-manager configuration file <
./home-manager/home.nix
];
};
};
};
}
Then here is my nixos-config/home-manager/home.nix configuration:
{
pkgs,
inputs,
outputs,
...
}: {
imports = [
./devops.nix
./zsh.nix
];
nixpkgs = {
config.allowUnfree = true;
overlays = [
outputs.overlays.unstable-packages
];
};
home.username = "vicnil";
home.homeDirectory = "/home/vicnil";
# link the configuration file in current directory to the specified location in home directory
# home.file.".config/i3/wallpaper.jpg".source = ./wallpaper.jpg;
# link all files in `./scripts` to `~/.config/i3/scripts`
home.file.".local/bin" = {
source = ./scripts;
recursive = true; # link recursively
executable = true; # make all files executable
};
# Packages that should be installed to the user profile.
home.packages = with pkgs; [
# here is some command line tools I use frequently
# feel free to add your own or remove some of them
# Nixvim related
inputs.nixvim.packages.${system}.default
ansible-lint
tflint
# archives
zip
xz
unzip
p7zip
# utils
bat
ripgrep # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
jq # A lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
yq-go # yaml processor https://github.com/mikefarah/yq
eza # A modern replacement for ‘ls’
fzf # A command-line fuzzy finder
vault
# networking tools
mtr # A network diagnostic tool
iperf3
dnsutils # `dig` + `nslookup`
doggo
ldns # replacement of `dig`, it provide the command `drill`
socat # replacement of openbsd-netcat
nmap # A utility for network discovery and security auditing
openssl
# misc
file
gawk
gnupg
gnused
gnutar
ncdu
pandoc
rbw
tig
tmux-xpanes
tree
which
zstd
# nix related
#
# it provides the command `nom` works just like `nix`
# with more details log output
nix-output-monitor
nurl
# productivity
atop
btop # replacement of htop/nmon
htop # Classic htop
iotop # io monitoring
iftop # network monitoring
# system call monitoring
strace # system call monitoring
ltrace # library call monitoring
lsof # list open files
# system tools
sysstat
lm_sensors # for `sensors` command
ethtool
pciutils # lspci
usbutils # lsusb
powertop
];
home.stateVersion = "24.05";
# Let home Manager install and manage itself.
programs.home-manager.enable = true;
}
Here is my nixos-config/overlays/default.nix:
# This file defines overlays
{inputs, ...}: {
# This one brings our custom packages from the 'pkgs' directory
additions = final: _prev: import ../pkgs final.pkgs;
# This one contains whatever you want to overlay
# You can change versions, add patches, set compilation flags, anything really.
# https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Overlays
modifications = final: prev: {
lastpass-cli = prev.callPackage ../pkgs/lastpass-cli/default.nix {};
};
# When applied, the unstable nixpkgs set (declared in the flake inputs) will
# be accessible through 'pkgs.unstable'
unstable-packages = final: _prev: {
unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
system = final.system;
config.allowUnfree = true;
};
};
}
Can anyone give some pointers as to what i am doing wrong, or perhaps share their config on how they would do it?
Much appreciated,
Thanks!
