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authorJörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>2017-07-28 17:00:04 +0100
committerJoe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com>2017-07-28 09:00:04 -0700
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## Installation
Instructions are provided for macOS and many Linux variants to compile Alacritty
-from source. With the exception of Arch (which has a package in the AUR), please
-first read the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) section, then find the section
-for your OS, and finally go to [building](#building) and
-[configuration](#configuration).
+from source. With the exception of Arch (which has a package in the AUR) and
+[NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/default.nix)
+(at the moment in unstable, will be part of 17.09), please first read the
+[prerequisites](#prerequisites) section, then find the section for your OS, and
+finally go to [building](#building) and [configuration](#configuration).
### Arch Linux
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ cd alacritty-git
makepkg -isr
```
+
## Manual Installation
### Prerequisites
@@ -148,6 +150,14 @@ to be missing, please open an issue.
sudo eopkg install freetype2-devel fontconfig-devel
```
+### NixOS/Nixpkgs
+
+The following command can be used to get a shell with all development dependencies on [NixOS](https://nixos.org).
+
+```
+nix-shell -A alacritty '<nixpkgs>'
+```
+
#### Other
If you build Alacritty on another distribution, we would love some help