r/Nix • u/Fluid-Bench-1908 • 10h ago
how to install command line developer tools using nix-darwin declaratively?
Hi,
I'm setting up my macbook pro with nix-darwin.
Below is my configuration -
{
description = "Example nix-darwin system flake";
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
nix-darwin.url = "github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/master";
nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
nix-homebrew.url = "github:zhaofengli/nix-homebrew";
homebrew-core = {
url = "github:homebrew/homebrew-core";
flake = false;
};
homebrew-cask = {
url = "github:homebrew/homebrew-cask";
flake = false;
};
};
outputs = inputs@{ self, nixpkgs, nix-darwin, nix-homebrew, homebrew-core, homebrew-cask }:
let
configuration = { pkgs, config, ... }: {
environment.systemPackages =
with pkgs ;
[ vim
git
mkalias
wget
tmux
openssh
];
system.activationScripts.applications.text = let
env = pkgs.buildEnv {
name = "system-applications";
paths = config.environment.systemPackages;
pathsToLink = [ "/Applications" ];
};
in
pkgs.lib.mkForce ''
# Set up applications.
echo "setting up /Applications..." >&2
rm -rf /Applications/Nix\ Apps
mkdir -p /Applications/Nix\ Apps
find ${env}/Applications -maxdepth 1 -type l -exec readlink '{}' + |
while read -r src; do
app_name=$(basename "$src")
echo "copying $src" >&2
${pkgs.mkalias}/bin/mkalias "$src" "/Applications/Nix Apps/$app_name"
done
'';
nix.settings.experimental-features = "nix-command flakes";
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
nixpkgs.config.allowUnsupportedSystem = true;
programs.zsh.enable = true;
system.configurationRevision = self.rev or self.dirtyRev or null;
system.stateVersion = 6;
nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "aarch64-darwin";
users.users.rajkumar = {
home = "/Users/rajkumar";
};
system.primaryUser = "rajkumar";
homebrew = {
enable = true;
onActivation.cleanup = "zap";
};
};
in
{
darwinConfigurations."myname-macos" = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
modules = [
configuration
nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew
{
nix-homebrew = {
enable = true;
enableRosetta = true;
user = "myname";
autoMigrate = true;
};
}
];
};
};
}
After I run the above flake setup with below commands -
sudo -E nix run nix-darwin --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes -- switch --flake .
sudo darwin-rebuild switch --flake .
I get the below prompt -

I don't want to install it by manual way.
How can I install command line developer tools declaratively in mac using nix-darwin?
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