NixOS tutorial - Nix Packages

learn what nix packages are, what and how to make them
templates are available at github.com/jason-m/whydoesnot...
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:13 - What are Nix packages
00:40 - What makes Nix Packages different
01:45 - Anatomy of a nix package
06:45 - Lets build some packages
18:20 - Outro

[@minecraftpufferfish9066]

I think this might be the first complete video on RUclips explaining how to actually package your own stuff with Nix. Thank you for your effort!

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

Thank you, I hope it was helpful

[@seanhdka]

you're doing god's work with these videos. the snoring in the background is also a nice touch.

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

thanks! lol sorry about the snoring, its my dog, i am so used to her snoring I dont even notice it anymore

[@VincentMaule]

I was going to comment this too!

[@OnboardingInformation]

Very cool niche video topic

[@InspiredPlans]

Awesome videos! Subscribed.

[@egunuraka]

Thanks for this video! ❤

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

I hope it was helpful!

[@RobFisherUK]

Isn't the hash going to change depending on the hostPlatform.system because the tar file is different?
Or is the hash in fact not based on the contents of the tar file?

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

For the binary package yes, nix allows you to specify the hash per arch it looks something like this (youtube comments mangle code )
hash = {
aarch64-linux = "sha256-blablah";
x86_64-linux = "sha256-lalala";
}

[@hubstrangers3450]

Thank you....

[@Trokumukum]

You should teach how to make a Debian server.

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

I have 2 more videos I want to do in my nixos series then I will look into doing some tutorials around Debian and rocky Linux probably

[@eygs493]

All I did was change the value from poo to poopoop and you know what happened? It still works!

[@WhyDoesNothingWork]

I tried changing it to ka ka but I was getting errors :)