RooSoft
Simple question from someone who loves both NixOS and Elixir…
Is there someone around here that is able to do these two simple things:
- Generate a basic Liveview app
- Package it for Nix, ideally in a flake
That’s it… no extra code whatsoever. I’ve been spending a unholy amount of time trying to realize that achievement but have been failing so far.
The main problem revolves around the fact that the heroicons dependency is directly linked to GitHub instead of the hex package manager.
My whole infra is based on NixOS, so, I am considering quitting Elixir just to be able to get things done.
Where Next?
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NobbZ
Do you mid sharing a minimal project that shows the problem?
I do not remember having had any problems when I packaged a small, fresh from the generator, application about a year ago.
munksgaard
I have such a project here: GitHub - Munksgaard/flakify · GitHub
Right now, it just creates a flake.nix containing a devshell, but I have plans to extend it with a package output building the phoenix application.
RooSoft
I just made the simplest possible way to achieve what I am talking about here:
https://github.com/RooSoft/nix_package
In short, it’s a brand new Phoenix Liveview app with no extra code, along with 3 nix files.
It’s all explained in the README.md, including the output of a failed attempt.
RooSoft
Making a development environment is working great.
Works out of the box with the above repo just by typing
nix develop.Problem arises when I try to create a derivation out of the app.
munksgaard
Yep. That’s on my todo-list. I’ll see if I can get something workable out later this week.
RooSoft
A working fork or pull request of this very project would be VERY appreciated. Thanks!
Zurga
I have a setup here that I use for deployments: GitHub - Zurga/phoenix_nix · GitHub
munksgaard
I’ve just released version v0.3.0 of flakify. Take a look: Flakify — flakify v0.3.0
munksgaard
This is pretty cool! I might incorporate some of your ideas in flakify, if you don’t mind.
Zurga
Yes, sure. Send me a message if you have any questions.