# zack's nixos dotfiles

![image](https://github.com/zackartz/nixos-dots/assets/34588810/0f4c85c2-f9e8-4de3-89c1-0a95c0ab681f)

my customized versions of other's dotfiles

major credits to [sioodmy](https://github.com/sioodmy/dotfiles) and [luckasRanarison](https://github.com/luckasRanarison/nvimrc).

could not have done this without their work :)

## How to Install

### Prerequisetes

Grab the latest NixOS ISO from NixOS [nixos.org](https://nixos.org). After that, make a new shell with git available:

```bash
nix shell nixpkgs#git
```

Now, configure your disk as seen [here](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Partitioning).

> [!NOTE]
> Just follow the partitioning and mounting steps, the other steps to install will be listed below.

### 1. Cloning the repository

With git installed, clone the repository with

```bash
git clone https://github.com/zackartz/nixos-dots.git && cd nixos-dots
```

### 2. Configuring the System

Generate your `hardware-configuration.nix` file.

```bash
sudo nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
```

You will now have two files in `/mnt/etc/nixos`. We will need `hardware-configuration.nix` and part of `configuration.nix`.

```bash
[nixos@live:~/nixos-dots]$ ls /mnt/etc/nixos/
configuration.nix  hardware-configuration.nix
```

Go ahead and make a new folder for your pc inside of the `hosts` directory.

```bash
cd hosts && mkdir vm # change "vm" to your preferred hostname -- it MUST match the hostname you plan on using for scripts to work properly.
```

> [!TIP]
> You can use the "m" alias to create directories once you have booted into the installed system!

Now, copy the files over from `/mnt/etc/nixos/`.

```bash
cd vm && cp /mnt/etc/nixos/* . # remember to change "vm" to your hostname
mv configuration.nix config.old.nix # we will be writing our own configuration.nix
```

Now, make a new file: `configuration.nix`.

```bash
touch configuration.nix
```

Open up `configuration.nix` in your favorite editor and paste the following:

```nix
{
  pkgs,
  inputs,
  ...
}: {
  imports = [
    ../common/default.nix
    ./hardware-configuration.nix
  ];

  networking.hostName = "vm"; # Define your hostname.

  programs.zsh.enable = true;
  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
  users.users.zack = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "zack";
    extraGroups = ["networkmanager" "wheel"];
    shell = pkgs.zsh;
  };

  home-manager = {
    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
    users = {
      "zack" = {
        imports = [../../modules/home-manager/default.nix];
        _module.args.theme = import ../../core/theme.nix;

        home.username = "zack";
        home.homeDirectory = "/home/zack";
      };
    };
  };
}
```

Change the instances of `zack` to your desired username, and customize as you see fit!

We will need to copy some things over from `configuration.nix`, namely boot related options. I am doing this in a VM, so I see these boot related options. Find the `boot.loader` option, and copy it over from your old file into this new one.

```nix
  # Use the GRUB 2 boot loader.
  boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
  # boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = true;
  # boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = true;
  # boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
  # Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub.
  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/vda"; # the device to change
```

Make sure the device targets the correct drive for your EFI to be installed on.

Finally, add the following to `flake.nix` (somewhere around line 100).

```nix
    nixosConfigurations.vm = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
      modules = [
        ./hosts/vm/configuration.nix
        inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
      ];
    };
```

### 3. Installing the system

Now that you have the config ready to go, run the following command.

```bash
rm -rf .git # remove the github repository
sudo nixos-install --flake ~/nixos-dots#vm # again, remember to change vm to be your hostname
```

### 4. Post-Install configuration.

Set a password for your user:

```bash
sudo passwd zack # replace with your username
```

Copy the flake to your home folder

```bash
cp -r ~/nixos-dots /mnt/home/zack/nixos # replace "zack" with your username
```

Reboot the system and you're done! Enjoy the system!

> [!TIP]
> Check ./modules/shell/zsh/aliases.nix for useful aliases, like "r" to rebuild your system!