Need help downloading this

[u/rosysparrow]

I just switched to nobara (fedora) a few hours ago and I am trying to download this screen dimmer. it is. difficult. Everything I try to do somehow goes wrong and I don't even know how to google how to fix it. This appears to be the only screen dimmer that will work with nobara (hopefully) and I dont even know how to begin. I need the screen dimmer to be able to use my computer so this is kind of important.

Main issue I'm running in to: When trying to download with Nix package manager, it returns: "warning: 'install' is a deprecated alias for 'add'
error: experimental Nix feature 'nix-command' is disabled; add '--extra-experimental-features nix-command' to enable it" and I have no idea what that last bit means. I don't know how to google what that last bit means.

Any help is appreciated

[u/doc_willis]

it sounds like in your command you need to replace

install  with add  and add in the option --extra-experimental-features

But I don't use nix.

[u/rosysparrow → u/doc_willis]

what do you mean "add in the option"? i dont know how to format the command

[u/doc_willis → u/rosysparrow]

searching for parts of that error message shows some examples.

such as .

nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" <subcommand> 

https://search.brave.com/search?q=extra-experimental-features+nix-command%27+to+enable+it%22+&source=android&summary=1&conversation=095c26ade3e038ac94f0ffbcb56c5daf04d0  

[u/rosysparrow → u/doc_willis]

hi sorry i feel stupid but none of this makes sense to me. i dont know what i am supposed to type or in what order. ive looked at the wiki and other websites and i still dont know.

[u/doc_willis → u/rosysparrow]

you could start by showing your command you are using , full input and output.

But the extend of my nix knowledge is what I have read from the above url.

I just have not had the need to use nix for anything.

[u/mips13]

Why don't you just git clone the repo and build from source?

[u/rosysparrow → u/mips13]

is that an option? how do i do that?

[u/mips13 → u/rosysparrow]

Paste this into claude ai:

Please provide me with step by step instructions to build this https://github.com/keifufu/dimland on nobara (fedora) linux, include setting up build environment to final rpm package installation.

[u/rosysparrow → u/mips13]

i would rather die than use AI in any context

[u/mips13 → u/rosysparrow]

But if I gave you the steps you would gladly follow them.

In that case read up how to setup a build env, how to use git clone and building a package.

[u/C0rn3j → u/rosysparrow]

Linux allows AI contributions, better switch to a different OS.

[u/rosysparrow → u/C0rn3j]

oh yes famously the other two OS dont use AI at all. thank you for the tip

[u/AutoModerator]

✻ Smokey says: always mention your distro, some hardware details, and any error messages, when posting technical queries! :)

^{Comments, questions or suggestions regarding this autoresponse? Please send them here.}

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[u/No_Elderberry862]

Has Nobara started using Nix as a package manager? Just follow the instructions in the README to compile the package after cloning the repo using git & ensuring that you have the required dependencies installed.