<lexfine>
could some one briefly remind me of the fastest and easiest way to run \ install ubuntu package in nixOs? afaik available options 1) patchelf 2)FHS env 3) docker 4) VM
<lexfine>
*GUI package
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<makefu>
Mic92: ^
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<Mic92>
lexfine: what package?
<Mic92>
vm is the safest, patchelf is the best.
<lexfine>
Well, I don't have a CONCRETE package right now. (just discovered that vscode, sublime, teamviewer avaible in NixOS via nix-env, despite I didn't saw them at https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html)
<lexfine>
(nixpkgs do have expression for it, but it can't be built beacause of hash missmatch)
<makefu>
lexfine: you can update the hashes :)
<lexfine>
yes...
<lexfine>
just want to know your rich best practice for quikest and easist way to run proprietary ubuntu GUI apps.... I though about docker might solve my frustration
<Mic92>
lexfine: non-free packages are not listed, a little bit sad.
<lexfine>
yeah, I'm aware of this article, this just seems to me like a long and complex way, not easy and quick one liner.
<lexfine>
I guess even docker way might be quicker and easier than this guide. Basically two commands 1) install docker 2) run app in correct ubuntu container with one liner
<makefu>
lexfine: problem is that packaging binaries is normally not `quick and easy`
<Mic92>
lexfine: you could also use docker but share most namespaces with the host except the filesystems
<Mic92>
so basically a chroot
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<makefu>
lexfine: docker will work, i also did this (in german i called it `wegdockern`)
<Mic92>
makefu: we wegdockern.org?
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<lexfine>
Mic92 makefu you guys, may contribute to the wiki, your docker one liners to run commercial ubuntu GUI packages . or if you won't be fast enough, I will contrubute such docker recipes and use cases by myself, someday, after successfull testing.
<Mic92>
lexfine: I am not sure what contributing to the wiki would look like. I am docker is pretty much the same on every platform. That's the point of it right?
<lexfine>
I would like to see some helpful oneliner like : dosomedockercommand_withsharednamespaces_and_passthruXorgUI an_commercial_proprietary_package_to_installandrun.deb
<cransom>
if anything, i'd say thats more applicable to a docker documentation rather than nixos.
<samueldr>
maybe an example of how to integrate such a command within a shell.nix file for easier invocations or something like that?
<lexfine>
for be bash oneliner (alias \ function) will be sufficient, where as argument input I could use an_commercial_proprietary_package_to_installandrun.deb from my filesystem. I want it to just work) GUI + graphic hardware acceleration will be appreciated. I haven't used Docker for years, so don't know how to implement that. I don't know what shell.nix for, and due my fear of nix, I would like to avoid any nix-expressions , e.g. fo
<makefu>
wow reading helps ... " At the time of writing of this guide the Ubuntu Xenial did not have a kexec enabled kernel and will therefore not work!"
<makefu>
everything was already in the wiki ... the whole time!