# \#nixos

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/nixos/1730.md

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## [Using Juliaup on NixOS (2025 edition)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-juliaup-on-nixos-2025-edition/130250)

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**Author:** [@dlakelan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlakelan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-juliaup-on-nixos-2025-edition/130250 "2026-09-12T19:28:43Z")

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Hey Julia friends. I’ve been trying to figure this out this morning in response to a student who is using NixOS and has convinced me to give it a try. In general on NixOS nothing is in the filesystem where things expect …

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## [Issues Precompiling GLMakie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-precompiling-glmakie/134821)

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**Author:** [@firebat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/firebat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-precompiling-glmakie/134821 "2026-08-08T01:39:02Z")

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Hi all, not sure if this is the appropriate location for a general inquiry regarding a compile issue, although I wanted to ask if anyone could refer me to some resources on figuring out where I can get some understanding…

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## [Best way to install and use julia on Nix/NixoS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-way-to-install-and-use-julia-on-nix-nixos/109948)

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**Author:** [@Sparsetacus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sparsetacus)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-way-to-install-and-use-julia-on-nix-nixos/109948 "2025-11-01T21:42:32Z")

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Hi there, I am a julia user new to Nix environment. And I am wondering what is the best way to install julia and use it under this platform. I see 3 ways : using julia package from Nix pkgs; using julia-bin packag…

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## [\[ANN\] Manifest2Nix.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-manifest2nix-jl/133315)

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**Author:** [@Chrysoberyl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Chrysoberyl)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-manifest2nix-jl/133315 "2025-10-21T08:37:14Z")

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I wrote a Nix library for creating reproducible environments in Julia called GitHub - lenianiva/Manifest2Nix.jl: (Mirror) A Nix library for creating reproducible Julia builds. (also hosted on Codeberg). For a simple exa…

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## [How to use OhMyREPL's FZF history search with NixOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-ohmyrepls-fzf-history-search-with-nixos/131150)

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**Author:** [@torgo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/torgo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-ohmyrepls-fzf-history-search-with-nixos/131150 "2025-07-29T07:18:55Z")

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I’m trying to use OhMyREPL’s fuzzy history search, which uses fzf. I am on NixOS and I have the fzf binary available, but I think OMR tries to use it’s own fzf which is not something that NixOS can run. When I try Ctrl+R…

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## [NixOS + Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nixos-julia/128896)

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**Author:** [@rsenne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rsenne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nixos-julia/128896 "2025-05-10T18:26:56Z")

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Does anyone have a good modern setup for NixOS + Julia? recently switched my linux distro over from pop\_os! and overall I like the declarative philosophy, and for 90% of things i can get it to “just work,” but Julia is a…

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## [Vscode julia language server cannot load on recent nixos](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-language-server-cannot-load-on-recent-nixos/125352)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-julia-language-server-cannot-load-on-recent-nixos/125352 "2025-01-30T09:27:37Z")

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after upgrading my nixos, the juliaup julia process cannot start the vscode language server because of some curl dependency. Is this not managed inside julia? Usually on nixos things only break if the program depends i…

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## [GLMakie and nixOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-and-nixos/111897)

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**Author:** [@Pablo\_Marchant](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pablo_Marchant)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-and-nixos/111897 "2024-09-20T06:08:16Z")

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Just a quick question here, sorry if this is not the right place for it. Has anyone managed to use GLMakie in nixos? Wanted to try out this distro but it seems julia has some issues with it, seems they explicitly say som…

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## [Building Julia for Nix](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-julia-for-nix/115304)

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**Author:** [@MilesCranmer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MilesCranmer)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-julia-for-nix/115304 "2024-06-07T05:44:06Z")

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Nix is this nice tool for reproducible builds on Linux and MacOS that I’ve been trying to learn. Currently the main nixpkgs repository only builds Julia on Linux\[1\] (both x86\_64 and aarch64), so I’m trying to add suppor…

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## [Fix git artifact on NixOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fix-git-artifact-on-nixos/108567)

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**Author:** [@laikq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/laikq)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fix-git-artifact-on-nixos/108567 "2024-01-09T15:09:48Z")

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I’m using Documenter on NixOS. When I run julia --project make.jl, I get the following error: ┌ Warning: Unable to determine HTML(edit\_link = ...) from remote HEAD branch, defaulting to "master". │ Calling \`git remote\` …

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## [Build Julia on NixOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-julia-on-nixos/35129)

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**Author:** [@RCHG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RCHG)\
**Replies:** 74\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/build-julia-on-nixos/35129 "2023-10-01T13:00:42Z")

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Hello! Here I would like to create a topic about the use of Julia on NixOS, and open the contact with other Julia users under NixOS or those using the Nix package manager. First, just a short introduction about why the …