Bootstrapping

Non-NixOS

CLONE_LOCATION="~/Repositories/GitHub"
cat <<EOF | xargs nix-shell --packages git gnumake --run
"mkdir --parents $CLONE_LOCATION \
&& git clone https://github.com/MikaelElkiaer/dotfiles $CLONE_LOCATION/dotfiles \
&& cd $CLONE_LOCATION/dotfiles \
&& nix run home-manager/release-24.05 -- switch -b bak --flake $PWD/home/nixos/.config/home-manager/"
EOF

NixOS (WSL)

1. Install NixOS WSL Distro

In PowerShell:

# Go to home
cd $env:USERPROFILE\
# Download latest NixOS WSL release
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL/releases/download/2311.5.3/nixos-wsl.tar.gz
# Import distro
wsl --import NixOS NixOS\ nixos-wsl.tar.gz
# Start distro
wsl -d NixOS

2. Apply fixes to NixOS

In WSL:

# Switch channel to unstable
# - Alternatively, switch to latest stable:
#   `sudo nix-channel --add  https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-24.05 nixos`
sudo nix-channel --add  https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos
sudo sed -i -E 's/(system\.stateVersion = ")(.*)(")/\124.05\3/g' /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
# Get updates from channel
sudo nix-channel --update
# Rebuild and upgrade packages using channel
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade

3. Bootstrap config from this repository

CLONE_LOCATION="~/Repositories/GitHub"
cat <<EOF | xargs nix-shell --packages git gnumake --run
"mkdir --parents $CLONE_LOCATION \
&& git clone https://github.com/MikaelElkiaer/dotfiles $CLONE_LOCATION/dotfiles \
&& cd $CLONE_LOCATION/dotfiles \
&& sudo cp $$PWD/etc/nixos/configuration.nix /etc/nixos/configuration.nix \
&& sudo nixos-rebuild switch \
&& home-manager switch -b bak --flake $$PWD/home/nixos/.config/home-manager/"
EOF