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Nokome Bentley

@nokome

This is what I get:

> ls .local/bin/node_modules
better-sqlite3/  integer/  node-pty/

Those modules (which have native binaries) are unpacked when you first run the nixster binary (we need to put them in a better place)

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

Okay, I worked out what the problem is.....

So if I run it in .local/bin it unpacks the files into .local/bin/

but, I put the file into /user/local/bin/

and it couldn't do that

file permissions etc.

but, I ran it with sudo, and now it works without sudo

Maybe the installer should extract the files at the same time ?

I now have a functioning nixster on the commandline!

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Great, thanks for your patience. Need to capture some of these issues and work out best approach

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

no problems....

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

Downloading nix derivations!

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

For your haskell project?

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

yeah

Can I get override the 'envs' directory ?

I would like to save the yaml file locally...

finlay @finlay causes lots of trouble ...

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Hah. Not currently. Please create a feature request ticket

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

Done

Added a couple actually

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Thanks

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

Can I keep bothering you with questions ?

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Sure

:thumbsup:

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

nixster enter drops you into a shell right ?

is that something like nix-shell ?

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Yes correct x 2

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

So, just looked at the code. I can run it in --pure=false mode

and it does what I think it does right ?

nixster enter --pure=false readxml

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Yeah, with pure=false it adds to the PATH

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

yeah, which can be good and bad, obviously

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

    let PATH = `${location}/bin:${location}/sbin`
    if (!pure) PATH += ':' + process.env.PATH

where location is the location of the env

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

it has created a biggish sqlite3 file locally ?

Is that necessary ?

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Yes, that sqlite3 file should go next to node_modules - it's app level data

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

let me see ....

hmm, it has saved in my cwd

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Yes, currently it is in cwd but we need someone to write a ticket to remind us to put it elsewhere :)

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

stencila/nixster#46

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

It's size can be reduced by only populating with package data for one channel e.g. delete the db and do nixster update nixos-18.09

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

Okay, more questions for you....

https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure

The nix packages in haskell space are all under a sub attribute

I wonder how I can reference them ?

Nokome Bentley

@nokome

Yes, when we populate the database we create (hopefully) easier names

Let me just get my local version running again....and I'll give more info

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

So, how can I find the haskellPackages.xeno package...

It is there

Finlay Thompson

@finlay

poping out to get some lunch

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