Packaging 101

WIP work in progress, please refer to the following reference documents to learn Nix packaging.

References

• NixOS Series 3: Software Packaging 101
• How to Learn Nix, Part 28: The standard environment
• stdenv - Nixpkgs Manual
• languages-frameworks - Nixpkgs Manual
• Wrapping packages - NixOS Cookbook
• Useful tools:
  • nurl: Generate Nix fetcher calls from repository URLs
  • nix-init: Generate Nix packages from URLs with hash prefetching, dependency inference, license detection, and more
• Source Code:
  • pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix - runCommand
  • pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh
  • FHS related
    • pkgs/build-support/build-fhsenv-bubblewrap/buildFHSEnv.nix: pkgs.buildFHSEnvBubblewrap
    • pkgs/build-support/build-fhsenv-chroot/default.nix: pkgs.buildFHSEnvChroot