Do as you will. I keep my system profile as minimal as I can. And my user profile consists of several groups of pkgs. I have them in my ~/.nixpkgs/config [1]. Firstly I just install via `nix-env -i`, if I like the pkgs and I need it I'm writing it into my [1] to one of the groups ("env").
[1] https://github.com/jagajaga/my_configs/blob/master/.nixpkgs/common.nix (~/.nixpkgs/config is linked to this file). 2015-04-24 19:23 GMT+03:00 Amy de Buitléir <a...@nualeargais.ie>: > NixOS noob here. I'm using NixOS on a machine with only one user (me). > What's the best strategy for installing packages? > > Installing into the global system environment > - or - > Installing into a normal user profile > > It seems that the second method would be a bit more convenient, especially > if I add and remove new software frequently. Which I do. > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > -- Sincerely, Arseniy Seroka
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