nostr:npub1saz8s86z5g9d6tu59g45l64u5k69rj3zc9lzpkmcsn646uhnpftq5jtfx6 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
nostr:npub1saz8s86z5g9d6tu59g45l64u5k69rj3zc9lzpkmcsn646uhnpftq5jtfx6 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
It is called Knime. I will check the NIX packages to see it is there.
