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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xml:id="chap-quick-start">
-
-<title>Quick Start to Adding a Package</title>
-
-<para>To add a package to Nixpkgs:
-
-<orderedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Checkout the Nixpkgs source tree:
-
+ <title>Quick Start to Adding a Package</title>
+ <para>
+ To add a package to Nixpkgs:
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Checkout the Nixpkgs source tree:
<screen>
$ git clone git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
$ cd nixpkgs</screen>
-
</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Find a good place in the Nixpkgs tree to add the Nix
- expression for your package. For instance, a library package
- typically goes into
- <filename>pkgs/development/libraries/<replaceable>pkgname</replaceable></filename>,
- while a web browser goes into
- <filename>pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/<replaceable>pkgname</replaceable></filename>.
- See <xref linkend="sec-organisation" /> for some hints on the tree
- organisation. Create a directory for your package, e.g.
-
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Find a good place in the Nixpkgs tree to add the Nix expression for your
+ package. For instance, a library package typically goes into
+ <filename>pkgs/development/libraries/<replaceable>pkgname</replaceable></filename>,
+ while a web browser goes into
+ <filename>pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/<replaceable>pkgname</replaceable></filename>.
+ See <xref linkend="sec-organisation" /> for some hints on the tree
+ organisation. Create a directory for your package, e.g.
<screen>
$ mkdir pkgs/development/libraries/libfoo</screen>
-
</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>In the package directory, create a Nix expression — a piece
- of code that describes how to build the package. In this case, it
- should be a <emphasis>function</emphasis> that is called with the
- package dependencies as arguments, and returns a build of the
- package in the Nix store. The expression should usually be called
- <filename>default.nix</filename>.
-
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In the package directory, create a Nix expression — a piece of code that
+ describes how to build the package. In this case, it should be a
+ <emphasis>function</emphasis> that is called with the package dependencies
+ as arguments, and returns a build of the package in the Nix store. The
+ expression should usually be called <filename>default.nix</filename>.
<screen>
$ emacs pkgs/development/libraries/libfoo/default.nix
$ git add pkgs/development/libraries/libfoo/default.nix</screen>
-
</para>
-
- <para>You can have a look at the existing Nix expressions under
- <filename>pkgs/</filename> to see how it’s done. Here are some
- good ones:
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>GNU Hello: <link
+ <para>
+ You can have a look at the existing Nix expressions under
+ <filename>pkgs/</filename> to see how it’s done. Here are some good
+ ones:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ GNU Hello:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix</filename></link>.
- Trivial package, which specifies some <varname>meta</varname>
- attributes which is good practice.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>GNU cpio: <link
+ Trivial package, which specifies some <varname>meta</varname>
+ attributes which is good practice.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ GNU cpio:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/tools/archivers/cpio/default.nix</filename></link>.
- Also a simple package. The generic builder in
- <varname>stdenv</varname> does everything for you. It has
- no dependencies beyond <varname>stdenv</varname>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>GNU Multiple Precision arithmetic library (GMP): <link
+ Also a simple package. The generic builder in <varname>stdenv</varname>
+ does everything for you. It has no dependencies beyond
+ <varname>stdenv</varname>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ GNU Multiple Precision arithmetic library (GMP):
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix"><filename>pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix</filename></link>.
- Also done by the generic builder, but has a dependency on
- <varname>m4</varname>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Pan, a GTK-based newsreader: <link
+ Also done by the generic builder, but has a dependency on
+ <varname>m4</varname>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Pan, a GTK-based newsreader:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix</filename></link>.
- Has an optional dependency on <varname>gtkspell</varname>,
- which is only built if <varname>spellCheck</varname> is
- <literal>true</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Apache HTTPD: <link
+ Has an optional dependency on <varname>gtkspell</varname>, which is
+ only built if <varname>spellCheck</varname> is <literal>true</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Apache HTTPD:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix"><filename>pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix</filename></link>.
- A bunch of optional features, variable substitutions in the
- configure flags, a post-install hook, and miscellaneous
- hackery.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Thunderbird: <link
+ A bunch of optional features, variable substitutions in the configure
+ flags, a post-install hook, and miscellaneous hackery.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Thunderbird:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix</filename></link>.
- Lots of dependencies.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>JDiskReport, a Java utility: <link
+ Lots of dependencies.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ JDiskReport, a Java utility:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/default.nix</filename></link>
- (and the <link
+ (and the
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/misc/jdiskreport/builder.sh">builder</link>).
- Nixpkgs doesn’t have a decent <varname>stdenv</varname> for
- Java yet so this is pretty ad-hoc.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>XML::Simple, a Perl module: <link
+ Nixpkgs doesn’t have a decent <varname>stdenv</varname> for Java yet
+ so this is pretty ad-hoc.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ XML::Simple, a Perl module:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix"><filename>pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix</filename></link>
- (search for the <varname>XMLSimple</varname> attribute).
- Most Perl modules are so simple to build that they are
- defined directly in <filename>perl-packages.nix</filename>;
- no need to make a separate file for them.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Adobe Reader: <link
+ (search for the <varname>XMLSimple</varname> attribute). Most Perl
+ modules are so simple to build that they are defined directly in
+ <filename>perl-packages.nix</filename>; no need to make a separate file
+ for them.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Adobe Reader:
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/default.nix"><filename>pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/default.nix</filename></link>.
- Shows how binary-only packages can be supported. In
- particular the <link
+ Shows how binary-only packages can be supported. In particular the
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/adobe-reader/builder.sh">builder</link>
- uses <command>patchelf</command> to set the RUNPATH and ELF
- interpreter of the executables so that the right libraries
- are found at runtime.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
+ uses <command>patchelf</command> to set the RUNPATH and ELF interpreter
+ of the executables so that the right libraries are found at runtime.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
-
- <para>Some notes:
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>All <varname linkend="chap-meta">meta</varname>
- attributes are optional, but it’s still a good idea to
- provide at least the <varname>description</varname>,
- <varname>homepage</varname> and <varname
- linkend="sec-meta-license">license</varname>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>You can use <command>nix-prefetch-url</command> (or similar nix-prefetch-git, etc)
- <replaceable>url</replaceable> to get the SHA-256 hash of
- source distributions. There are similar commands as <command>nix-prefetch-git</command> and
- <command>nix-prefetch-hg</command> available in <literal>nix-prefetch-scripts</literal> package.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>A list of schemes for <literal>mirror://</literal>
- URLs can be found in <link
- xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix"><filename>pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix</filename></link>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
+ <para>
+ Some notes:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All <varname linkend="chap-meta">meta</varname> attributes are
+ optional, but it’s still a good idea to provide at least the
+ <varname>description</varname>, <varname>homepage</varname> and
+ <varname
+ linkend="sec-meta-license">license</varname>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can use <command>nix-prefetch-url</command> (or similar
+ nix-prefetch-git, etc) <replaceable>url</replaceable> to get the
+ SHA-256 hash of source distributions. There are similar commands as
+ <command>nix-prefetch-git</command> and
+ <command>nix-prefetch-hg</command> available in
+ <literal>nix-prefetch-scripts</literal> package.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A list of schemes for <literal>mirror://</literal> URLs can be found in
+ <link
+ xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix"><filename>pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix</filename></link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
-
- <para>The exact syntax and semantics of the Nix expression
- language, including the built-in function, are described in the
- Nix manual in the <link
+ <para>
+ The exact syntax and semantics of the Nix expression language, including
+ the built-in function, are described in the Nix manual in the
+ <link
xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/trunk/tarball/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual/#chap-writing-nix-expressions">chapter
- on writing Nix expressions</link>.</para>
-
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Add a call to the function defined in the previous step to
- <link
+ on writing Nix expressions</link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add a call to the function defined in the previous step to
+ <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix"><filename>pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</filename></link>
- with some descriptive name for the variable,
- e.g. <varname>libfoo</varname>.
-
- <screen>
+ with some descriptive name for the variable, e.g.
+ <varname>libfoo</varname>.
+<screen>
$ emacs pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix</screen>
-
</para>
-
- <para>The attributes in that file are sorted by category (like
- “Development / Libraries”) that more-or-less correspond to the
- directory structure of Nixpkgs, and then by attribute name.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>To test whether the package builds, run the following command
- from the root of the nixpkgs source tree:
-
- <screen>
+ <para>
+ The attributes in that file are sorted by category (like “Development /
+ Libraries”) that more-or-less correspond to the directory structure of
+ Nixpkgs, and then by attribute name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To test whether the package builds, run the following command from the
+ root of the nixpkgs source tree:
+<screen>
$ nix-build -A libfoo</screen>
-
- where <varname>libfoo</varname> should be the variable name
- defined in the previous step. You may want to add the flag
- <option>-K</option> to keep the temporary build directory in case
- something fails. If the build succeeds, a symlink
- <filename>./result</filename> to the package in the Nix store is
- created.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>If you want to install the package into your profile
- (optional), do
-
- <screen>
+ where <varname>libfoo</varname> should be the variable name defined in the
+ previous step. You may want to add the flag <option>-K</option> to keep
+ the temporary build directory in case something fails. If the build
+ succeeds, a symlink <filename>./result</filename> to the package in the
+ Nix store is created.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you want to install the package into your profile (optional), do
+<screen>
$ nix-env -f . -iA libfoo</screen>
-
</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Optionally commit the new package and open a pull request, or send a patch to
- <literal>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nix-devel</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
-
-</orderedlist>
-
-</para>
-
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Optionally commit the new package and open a pull request, or send a patch
+ to <literal>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nix-devel</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
</chapter>