JesusMtnez's dotfiles

using nix to rule them all

Machines

Name		OS	DE	WM	Use
albus		NixOS 23.11	Gnome	-	Personal
ron		macOS 14.1	-	-	Personal
severus		macOS 12.6	-	-	Personal

Installation

This dotfiles are manage using nix and home-manager.

NixOS setup

1. Clone the repository and go inside the folder

nix run --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes github:nixos/nixpkgs#git -- clone git@github.com:JesusMtnez/dotfiles $HOME/.dotfiles

2. Switch to $HOSTNAME flake.

nixos-rebuild switch --use-remote-sudo --flakes $HOME/.dotfiles/.

MacOS setup

Before attempting to use this dotfiles in macOS systems, we need to:

1. Install Command Line Tools (includes git)

xcode-select --install

2. Install homebrew using its latest pkg.

# Setup brew in PATH
(echo; echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> $HOME/.zprofile

3. Install nix using DeterminateSystems pkg.

4. Setup nix-darwin applying the flake for the first time.

nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake $HOME/.dotfiles/.

5. Switch to $HOSTNAME flake.

# Using nix-darwin, build and switch to your configuration
darwin-rebuild switch --flake $HOME/.dotfiles/.

Notes

Restore application menu in KDE

In System Settings / Startup and Shutdown / Background Services disable Application menus daemon.

gnome-keyring integration in XFCE

In Settings Manager / Session and Startup / Advanced check Launch GNOME services at startup.

NixOS sqlite database corrupted

1. Check integrity: sqlite3 /nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite 'pragma integrity_check'.
2. If the result is not OK:

# cd /nix/var/nix/db
# nix-shell -p sqlite

[nix-shell:/nix/var/nix/db]# sqlite3 db.sqlite ".backup 'db.bak.sqlite' "

[nix-shell:/nix/var/nix/db]# sqlite3 db.sqlite
sqlite> .output db.sql
sqlite> .dump

[nix-shell:/nix/var/nix/db]# sqlite3 db.new.sqlite < db.sql

[nix-shell:/nix/var/nix/db]# mv db.new.sqlite db.sqlite