How to upgrade packages ? #17

AdrienLemaire · 2025-01-04T14:15:56Z

AdrienLemaire
Jan 4, 2025

I've noticed that I need to upgrade nushell from 0.99.1 to 0.101, and I'm not figuring out the correct way to do so.

Since nushell is unpinned in my systemPackages, I tried the following:

$ sudo nix-channel --update
unpacking 1 channels...
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade --flake .
[sudo] password for dori:
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
activating the configuration...
setting up /etc...
reloading user units for dori...
restarting sysinit-reactivation.target
restarting the following units: home-manager-dori.service
the following new units were started: systemd-hostnamed.service
$ nu --version
0.99.1

I can confirm that upstream nushell is available at 0.101.0
What am I missing ?

Answered by richen604

Jan 7, 2025

Allowed for extraPkgs property in mkConfig, use dev branch for this
follow the new option in the template flake

did not however allow this to use system level, youll still show as 24.11. hydenix will update system wide as needed (soon)
conflicting packages will need overlays

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richen604 · 2025-01-05T23:04:19Z

richen604
Jan 5, 2025
Maintainer

in your template flake

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    };
  };
  outputs =
    {
      hydenix,
      ...
    }@inputs:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";

      pkgs-unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
        inherit system;
        config.allowUnfree = true;
      };

       hydenixConfig = hydenix.lib.mkConfig {
        userConfig = import ./config.nix;
        # inputs without nixpkgs, as an attrset
        extraInputs = {
          # Make pkgs-unstable available as an input
          pkgs-unstable = pkgs-unstable;
        } // removeAttrs inputs [ "nixpkgs" ];
      };

in whatever your configuration.nix import is

  environment.systemPackages = [
    pkgs-unstable.nu-shell
    ];

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AdrienLemaire Jan 6, 2025
Author

@richen604 thanks for the support. Makes sense when reading it, but I couldn't make it work

flake.nix

I updated flake.nix as per your recommendation.

{
  description = "template for hydenix";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    hydenix = {
      # Available inputs:
      # Main: github:richen604/hydenix
      # Dev: github:richen604/hydenix/dev 
      # Commit: github:richen604/hydenix/<commit-hash>
      # Version: github:richen604/hydenix/v1.0.0
      url = "github:richen604/hydenix";
    };
    ghostty = {
      url = "github:ghostty-org/ghostty";
    };
  };

  outputs =
    {
      hydenix,
      ...
    }@inputs:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";

      pkgs-unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
        inherit system;
        config.allowUnfree = true;
      };

      hydenixConfig = hydenix.lib.mkConfig {
        userConfig = import ./config.nix;
        # inputs without nixpkgs to prevent override
        # extraInputs = removeAttrs inputs [ "nixpkgs" ];
        # inputs without nixpkgs, as an attrset
        extraInputs = {
          # Make pkgs-unstable available as an input
          pkgs-unstable = pkgs-unstable;
        } // removeAttrs inputs [ "nixpkgs" ];
      };
    in
    {

      nixosConfigurations.${hydenixConfig.userConfig.host} = hydenixConfig.nixosConfiguration;

      packages.${system} = {
        # Packages below load your config in ./config.nix

        # defaults to nix-vm - nix run .
        default = hydenixConfig.nix-vm.config.system.build.vm;

        # NixOS build packages - nix run .#hydenix / sudo nixos-rebuild switch/test --flake .#hydenix
        hydenix = hydenixConfig.nixosConfiguration.config.system.build.toplevel;

        # Home activation packages - nix run .#hm / nix run .#hm-generic / home-manager switch/test --flake .#hm or .#hm-generic
        hm = hydenixConfig.homeConfigurations.${hydenixConfig.username}.activationPackage;
        hm-generic = hydenixConfig.homeConfigurations."${hydenixConfig.username}-generic".activationPackage;

        # EXPERIMENTAL VM BUILDERS - nix run .#arch-vm / nix run .#fedora-vm
        arch-vm = hydenixConfig.arch-vm;
        fedora-vm = hydenixConfig.fedora-vm;
      };
    };
}

Since I modified flake.nix, I ran nix flake update hydenix

In config.nix, I have

  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
  nixModules = [
    (toString ./nix-modules.nix)
  ];

and in my nix-modules.nix, I have

{ inputs, pkgs, pkgs-unstable, ... }:
{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ 
    # Custom source
    inputs.ghostty.packages.x86_64-linux.default
    # pkgs -> 24.11
    zoxide
    # pkgs-unstable -> 25.01
    pkgs-unstable.nushell
    ...

When running sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ., I get

Traceback

❯ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
error:
       … while calling the 'head' builtin
         at /nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/lib/attrsets.nix:1575:11:
         1574|         || pred here (elemAt values 1) (head values) then
         1575|           head values
             |           ^
         1576|         else

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'
         at /nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/lib/modules.nix:816:9:
          815|     in warnDeprecation opt //
          816|       { value = addErrorContext "while evaluating the option `${showOption loc}':" value;
             |         ^
          817|         inherit (res.defsFinal') highestPrio;

       … while evaluating the option `system.build.toplevel':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix':

       … while evaluating the option `system.systemBuilderArgs':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/nixos/modules/system/activation/activatable-system.nix':

       … while evaluating the option `system.activationScripts.etc.text':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc-activation.nix':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix':

       … while evaluating the option `environment.etc.dbus-1.source':

       … while evaluating the option `environment.systemPackages':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/6aivww9w0s25sslf3pa5maj0z5rd94f9-source/nix-modules.nix':

       … while evaluating the module argument `pkgs-unstable' in "/nix/store/6aivww9w0s25sslf3pa5maj0z5rd94f9-source/nix-modules.nix":

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

       error: attribute 'pkgs-unstable' missing
       at /nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source/lib/modules.nix:515:28:
          514|         addErrorContext (context name)
          515|           (args.${name} or config._module.args.${name})
             |                            ^
          516|       ) (functionArgs f);

It seems like the variable pkgs-unstable is not made available as input to other .nix files..
Also, I'm still wondering why I had to rename the input from pkgs to pkgs-unstable when hydenix's README says otherwise

richen604 Jan 6, 2025
Maintainer

try defining pkgs-unstable within that file and using it, you might have to remove with pkgs

flake inputs get passed but looks like you cant force it that way

ill take a look tomorrow evening if i can reproduce this, would be a good addition to hydenix 👍

AdrienLemaire Jan 6, 2025
Author

I could define pkgs-unstable within each nix file and get a nixos-rebuild without errors.

But it appears I'm still running on nixos 24.11, and nushell is still running on the older version

It still feels as if hydenix upstream locked versions are used instead of my user-defined ones.
Looking forward to tomorrow, many thanks 😄

richen604 · 2025-01-07T00:43:10Z

richen604
Jan 7, 2025
Maintainer

Allowed for extraPkgs property in mkConfig, use dev branch for this
follow the new option in the template flake

did not however allow this to use system level, youll still show as 24.11. hydenix will update system wide as needed (soon)
conflicting packages will need overlays

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AdrienLemaire Jan 7, 2025
Author

I'm so sorry, I still can't get it working 🤣

Here are my current files:

flake.nix

{
  description = "template for hydenix";

  inputs = {
    # User's nixpkgs - for user packages
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    # Hydenix and its nixpkgs - kept separate to avoid conflicts
    hydenix = {
      # Available inputs:
      # Main: github:richen604/hydenix
      # Dev: github:richen604/hydenix/dev 
      # Commit: github:richen604/hydenix/<commit-hash>
      # Version: github:richen604/hydenix/v1.0.0
      url = "github:richen604/hydenix/dev";
    };
    ghostty = {
      url = "github:ghostty-org/ghostty";
    };
  };

  outputs =
    { ... }@inputs:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";

      # User's pkgs instance
      pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
        inherit system;
        config.allowUnfree = true;
      };

      hydenixConfig = inputs.hydenix.lib.mkConfig {
        userConfig = import ./config.nix;
        extraInputs = inputs;
        # Pass user's pkgs to be used alongside hydenix's pkgs (eg. userPkgs.kitty)
        extraPkgs = pkgs;
      };
    in
    {

      nixosConfigurations.${hydenixConfig.userConfig.host} = hydenixConfig.nixosConfiguration;

      packages.${system} = {
        # Packages below load your config in ./config.nix

        # defaults to nix-vm - nix run .
        default = hydenixConfig.nix-vm.config.system.build.vm;

        # NixOS build packages - nix run .#hydenix / sudo nixos-rebuild switch/test --flake .#hydenix
        hydenix = hydenixConfig.nixosConfiguration.config.system.build.toplevel;

        # Home activation packages - nix run .#hm / nix run .#hm-generic / home-manager switch/test --flake .#hm or .#hm-generic
        hm = hydenixConfig.homeConfigurations.${hydenixConfig.username}.activationPackage;
        hm-generic = hydenixConfig.homeConfigurations."${hydenixConfig.username}-generic".activationPackage;

        # EXPERIMENTAL VM BUILDERS - nix run .#arch-vm / nix run .#fedora-vm
        arch-vm = hydenixConfig.arch-vm;
        fedora-vm = hydenixConfig.fedora-vm;
      };
    };
}

config.nix

{
  username = "dori";
  gitUser = "AdrienLemaire";
  gitEmail = "lemaire.adrien@gmail.com";
  host = "xps13-9320";
  defaultPassword = "hydenix";
  timezone = "Europe/Paris";
  locale = "en_US.UTF-8";

  # hardware config - sudo nixos-generate-config --show-hardware-config > hardware-configuration.nix
  hardwareConfig = (toString ./hardware-configuration.nix);

  # List of drivers to install in ./hosts/nixos/drivers.nix
  drivers = [
    "amdgpu"
    "intel"
  ];

  /*
    These will be imported after the default modules and override/merge any conflicting options
    !Its very possible to break hydenix by overriding options
    eg:
      # lets say hydenix has a default of:
      {
        services.openssh.enable = true;
        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.vim ];
      }
      # your module
      {
        services.openssh.enable = false;  #? This wins by default (last definition)
        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.git ];  #? This gets merged with hydenix
      }
  */
  # List of nix modules to import in ./hosts/nixos/default.nix
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
  nixModules = [
    (toString ./nix-modules.nix)
  ];
  # List of nix modules to import in ./lib/mkConfig.nix
  homeModules = [
    (toString ./home-modules.nix)
  ];

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

  hyde = rec {
    sddmTheme = "Candy"; # or "Corners"
    enable = true;

    # wallbash config, sets extensions as active
    wallbash = {
      vscode = false;
    };

    # active theme, must be in themes list
    activeTheme = "Catppuccin Mocha";

    # list of themes to choose from
    themes = [
      # -- Default themes
      "Catppuccin Mocha"
      "Catppuccin Latte"
      "Gruvbox Retro"
      "Material Sakura"
      "Rose Pine"
      "Tokyo Night"
      # "Decay Green"
      # "Edge Runner"
      # "Frosted Glass"
      # "Graphite Mono"
      # "Nordic Blue"
      # "Synth Wave"
    ];

    # Exactly the same as hyde.conf
    conf = {
      hydeTheme = activeTheme;
      wallFramerate = 144;
      wallTransDuration = 0.4;
      wallAddCustomPath = "";
      enableWallDcol = 1;
      wallbashCustomCurve = "";
      skip_wallbash = [ ];
      themeSelect = 2;
      rofiStyle = 11;
      rofiScale = 9;
      wlogoutStyle = 1;
    };
  };

  vm = {
    # 4 GB minimum
    memorySize = 4096;
    # 2 cores minimum
    cores = 2;
    # TODO: review, it also seems to matter which vm is run
    # 30GB minimum for one theme - 50GB for multiple themes - more for development and testing
    diskSize = 20000;
  };
}

nix-modules.nix

{ inputs, pkgs, userPkgs, ... }:
{
  environment.systemPackages =  [ 
    pkgs.plocate
    pkgs.google-chrome
    pkgs.ripgrep.out
    inputs.ghostty.packages.x86_64-linux.default
    pkgs.zoxide
    userPkgs.nushell
    pkgs.carapace
    pkgs.glances
    pkgs.wget
    pkgs.mplayer
    pkgs.starship
    # https://discourse.nixos.org/t/v4l2loopback-cannot-find-module/26301/5
    # obs-studio
    pkgs.v4l-utils
    pkgs.dolphin
    pkgs.vimPlugins.LazyVim
    pkgs.gcc  
    pkgs.fd
    pkgs.lazygit
    pkgs.tree-sitter
    pkgs.volta
    pkgs.cargo
    pkgs.lynx
    pkgs.unzip
    # Sound eXchange for gp.nvim
    pkgs.sox
    pkgs.sof-firmware
    #alsa-utils
  ];

  fonts = {
    enableDefaultPackages = true;
    packages = with pkgs; [
      # https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Fonts
      #nerd-fonts.fira-code
      #nerd-fonts.droid-sans-mono
      noto-fonts
      noto-fonts-cjk-sans
      noto-fonts-emoji
      liberation_ttf
      mplus-outline-fonts.githubRelease
      dina-font
      proggyfonts
      carlito
      dejavu_fonts
      ipafont
      kochi-substitute
      source-code-pro
      ttf_bitstream_vera
    ];
    fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
      monospace = [
        "DejaVu Sans Mono"
        "IPAGothic"
      ];
      sansSerif = [
        "DejaVu Sans"
        "IPAPGothic"
      ];
      serif = [
        "DejaVu Serif"
        "IPAPMincho"
      ];
    };
  };

  i18n.inputMethod = {
    type = "fcitx5";
    enable = true;
    fcitx5.addons = with pkgs; [
      fcitx5-mozc
      fcitx5-gtk
      fcitx5-nord  
    ];
  };

  # Necessary to use volta-installed node
  programs.nix-ld.enable = true;

  services.locate = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.plocate;
    localuser = null;
  };
}

I ran the commands

➜ nix flake update hydenix                        hydenix on  master [$!] 
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty

➜ nix flake update                                hydenix on  master [$!] 
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
warning: updating lock file '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix/flake.lock':
• Updated input 'ghostty':
    'github:ghostty-org/ghostty/143c01edcb3ca74576b2d42f1025786e1509c181?narHash=sha256-ErCzikrVD1ApmNDjMx3ee3ez8tlq1iIqrb9Qm6gNr7w%3D' (2025-01-05)
  → 'github:ghostty-org/ghostty/a3837a1e4ee06a183f32d4a622c2cdcd51f73fb8?narHash=sha256-QnDkQ/s1OWmPj1f%2B7MFNxQiAPJdHbI1Aft7yM5I%2B8gQ%3D' (2025-01-07)
• Updated input 'nixpkgs':
    'github:nixos/nixpkgs/6df24922a1400241dae323af55f30e4318a6ca65?narHash=sha256-dklw3AXr3OGO4/XT1Tu3Xz9n/we8GctZZ75ZWVqAVhk%3D' (2025-01-02)
  → 'github:nixos/nixpkgs/8f3e1f807051e32d8c95cd12b9b421623850a34d?narHash=sha256-/qlNWm/IEVVH7GfgAIyP6EsVZI6zjAx1cV5zNyrs%2BrI%3D' (2025-01-04)
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty

❯ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade --flake .#xps13-9320
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: Git tree '/home/dori/Projects/Perso/hydenix' is dirty
evaluation warning: dori profile: You have enabled hyprland.systemd.enable or listed plugins in hyprland.plugins but do not have any configuration in hyprland.settings or hyprland.extraConfig. This is almost certainly a mistake.
activating the configuration...
setting up /etc...
reloading user units for dori...
restarting sysinit-reactivation.target
reloading the following units: dbus.service
restarting the following units: home-manager-dori.service, polkit.service
the following new units were started: systemd-hostnamed.service

➜ nu --version                                    hydenix on  master [$!] 
0.99.1

Summary:

using github:richen604/hydenix/dev
nix flake update shows that nixpkgs updates to 2025-01-04
added extraPkgs = pkgs to hydenixConfig
added userPkgs.nushell to environment.systemPackages
nixos-rebuilt, but not seeing the latest nushell version

richen604 Jan 7, 2025
Maintainer

does this persist when you create a new shell?
have you by chance installed nushell with nix-env?

is this template in a repo by chance? would help reproduce this issue

AdrienLemaire Jan 7, 2025
Author

oh boy... obviously, I had to do all my tests with the only package I ever installed with nix-env.

➜ nix profile list                                                                                                                             hydenix on  master [$!?] 🕙 05:35:35
Name:               nushell
Flake attribute:    legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.nushell
Original flake URL: flake:nixpkgs
Locked flake URL:   path:/nix/store/lsy6c2f9alj2gkjj36h754kk63x6701l-source?lastModified=0&narHash=sha256-AlcmCXJZPIlO5dmFzV3V2XF6x/OpNWUV8Y/FMPGd8Z4%3D
Store paths:        /nix/store/jnqxngz8yqf1cwjk1vx872j3fvfp3vyk-nushell-0.99.1

➜ nix profile remove nushell                                                                                                                   hydenix on  master [$!?] 🕙 05:35:37
removing 'flake:nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.nushell'

➜ nu --version                                                                                                                                 hydenix on  master [$!?] 🕙 05:35:55
0.101.0

I'm now confused about the best practices regarding package installation and maintenance. Will have to dive back in the nix/nixos books.

Thank you for your patience. Next time, I'll make a repo available, roger that 👌

richen604 Jan 7, 2025
Maintainer

all good my friend glad you got it working

its simple just ignore nix-env forever 😎

AdrienLemaire · 2025-06-16T11:45:44Z

AdrienLemaire
Jun 16, 2025
Author

Seems like the userPkgs setup as described in the doc is not working anymore

I could install nixpkgs unstable packages with this change:

   pkgs = import inputs.hydenix.inputs.hydenix-nixpkgs {
     inherit (inputs.hydenix.lib) system;
     config.allowUnfree = true;
-    overlays = [ inputs.hydenix.lib.overlays ];
-
-    # Include your own package set to be used eg. pkgs.userPkgs.bash
-    userPkgs = inputs.nixpkgs { config.allowUnfree = true; };
+    overlays = [
+      inputs.hydenix.lib.overlays
+      # Overlay to add userPkgs from unstable nixpkgs
+      (final: prev: {
+        userPkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
+          inherit (inputs.hydenix.lib) system;
+          config.allowUnfree = true;
+        };
+      })
+    ];
   };
 in {

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