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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Nix has an ephemeral command to “install” packages to try out before installing permanently. nix-shell -p <package> will install the package, and drop you into an ephemeral shell to test it out. Exit the shell and it’s gone.

    It’s also possible to install permanently straight from the CLI, but that ruins composability. To each his own.

    My bigger problem w nix is the lack of FHS and the hoops you have to jump thru to get a non standard app to work.





  • I went a different route, but I might be an idiot. Had problems getting mongodb to work It’s not open source, so it’s not in the cache. My install wouldn’t compile, and it seems I’m no alone in this. I setup kvm (libvirt), installed a debian 12, and installed mongodb. It works. I don’t particularly like it this way, but it works. I’ll probably move away from Mongo eventually. Until then, I’ll just leave it as is.