README.md
dreampkgs is a collection of software packages managed with dream2nix, a framework for automated packaging.
Both dream2nix and dreampkgs are unstable at this point.
The goal of this repo is to test and improve dream2nix.
For a list of CI jobs see here: buildbot.nix-community.org: dreampkgs To interact with the CLI, use nix 2.4+ with enabled experimental features nix-command + flakes.
Packaging workflow
clone repo
git clone https://github.com/nix-community/dreampkgs
cd dreampkgs
list existing packages
nix flake show
build a package
nix build .#{package-name}
Developing/Debugging dream2nix
Use dreampkgs with a local checkout of dream2nix
Temporarily override the dream2nix input of dreampkgs via:
nix flake lock --override-input dream2nix path:///$HOME/path/to/dream2nix
This command needs to be re-executed after each change on dream2nix.