ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoThree Years of Nix and NixOS: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglypierrezemb.frexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down18 cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@programming.dev
arrow-up1173arrow-down1external-linkThree Years of Nix and NixOS: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglypierrezemb.frikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square103fedilink cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@programming.dev
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIf you download a binary you can just steam-run it and it just works
minus-squareSolarBoy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThis command will just run an executable file on nix. Normally only executables which are installed from the package manager will work. appimage-run is another option. Which can be used to run, you guessed it, appimages
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoBut appimages will complain about unmet dependencies, so usually they don’t work
If you download a binary you can just
steam-runit and it just works?
This command will just run an executable file on nix. Normally only executables which are installed from the package manager will work.
appimage-runis another option. Which can be used to run, you guessed it, appimagesBut appimages will complain about unmet dependencies, so usually they don’t work