Summary of Home Manager and NixOS Issues and Solutions
Table of Contents
Introduction
This document summarizes the steps taken to configure Home Manager on NixOS, manage Doom Emacs, and solve various issues encountered during the setup.
Setup and Configuration
- Edited
home.nix
to include necessary packages and configurations. - Configured paths for Emacs and Doom Emacs.
- Added Konsole theme configuration.
Dealing with Permissions
-
Adjusted permissions for the ~/.local/share/doom/state/logs directory:
sudo chown -R rob:users ~/.local/share/doom/state/logs sudo chmod -R u+w ~/.local/share/doom/state/logs
Managing Doom Emacs
- Added Doom Emacs configurations to
home.nix
. -
Created custom activation script for Doom sync:
home.activation.doom_sync = lib.mkAfter '' if [ -x ${config.home.homeDirectory}/.emacs.d/bin/doom ]; then export PATH=${config.home.homeDirectory}/.nix-profile/bin:$PATH ${config.home.homeDirectory}/.emacs.d/bin/doom sync fi '';
Konsole Theme
-
Ensured the Dracula Konsole theme was properly referenced in
home.nix
:home.file.".local/share/konsole/Dracula.colorscheme".source = ./themes/konsole/Dracula.colorscheme;
-
Resolved issues with adding the theme to the repository:
git rm -rf --cached .themes/konsole
Summary
After adjusting permissions and paths, and correctly configuring Home Manager and Doom Emacs, all issues were resolved successfully.