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The generations sound like a great way to experiment, version, revert back, etc. I can't wait to get more proficient in NixOS.

By the way, I have one application that comes only as a tar.gaz file with the executables for Linux. How does NixOS handle such applications?
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Mike :nixos: 1y ago

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqsaz8s86z5g9d6tu59g45l64u5k69rj3zc9lzpkmcsn646uhnpftqgn62zd Ive not needed to install from a tarball, but do have an app image I keep maintained as a nix package.

That's likely the answer. Make a nix package that builds it. Then it's part of your main build.

Are you sure it's not already in nix packages though? I'm always shocked how much is there

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Mike :nixos: 1y ago

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqsaz8s86z5g9d6tu59g45l64u5k69rj3zc9lzpkmcsn646uhnpftqgn62zd for instance, this is how I make this beekeeper app image feel like a core part of my system

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nix/blob/main/common%2Fbeekeeper.nix

Then in my packages list, I call it like so.

(pkgs.callPackage ./beekeeper.nix { })

I bet there is a similar flow for tarballs

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ecclesia.x 1y ago

It is called Knime. I will check the NIX packages to see it is there.