You know, immutable enterprise systems.

I installed HeliumOS (Almalinux bootc) on a corebooted Chromebook. Works really well, but audio needs to be configured.

The script needs a recent python which is not available there.

Go and rust can be installed for a user only. Is there something similar for python?

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    6·
    3 months ago

    If you can install nix (you can install it per user) then you can have whatever you want in a temporary shell with nix-shell -p python

    nix profile install nixpkgs#python if you want it actually installed

    Home manager is also entirely user level I believe and lets you use a declarative config too

    • Shareni@programming.dev
      1·
      3 months ago

      Home-manager > nix profile

      Also, nix-shell is supposed to be used for debugging, and nix shell/develop for using packages without installing them

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        1·
        3 months ago

        Does home manager work standalone without having nix first? I’ve never installed it on non-nixos

        Nix shell is absolutely for running packages without installing them it literally tells you to do that in the terminal hint

        Nix run iirc only works with flakes

      • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        3 months ago

        Source on the second statement? My understanding was that nix-shell is legacy for systems without flakes and nix-command enabled, and are being replaced by nix shell/run/develop

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOP
      1·
      3 months ago

      I tried to get install instructions for home-manager and they only had them if you are already on nix?

      I didnt get it

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        3·
        3 months ago

        I’d try installing just regular nix (package manager, not operating system) rather than home manager, that’s what I do on by Debian pi

        There’s an install script on their website that does it all for you

      • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        3 months ago

        Careful, there’s three different terms in the mix here:

        NixOS: an entire operating system, you don’t need this.

        nix: the nix package manager. This is what you’ll need to install. look for single user install in the instructions.

        home-manager: a module for nix. It’s aim is to allow declarative configuration of a users’ home configuration (and allow easier per-user install of packages on a global nix install).

        If you want to go down the nix route, which I would recommend if you enjoy tinkering and having fine control over your system, you should start with installing nix. With that, you can already setup a shell that has the newest version of python available.

        Going beyond that, I can link you some more resources, if you want c: