![]() ✦ > ls -l Applications/Home\ Manager\ Apps/mpv.app I have been able to install several packages this way already, and I was lucky enough that between the start of this project and first barely usable version MPV’s cask was updated by the Homebrew folks, so I can show a little how it works: # Installed via Nixpkgs I’m using Homebrew Casks JSON file as the source of package data (versions, URLs, checksums) which is then used in mkDerivation to download binaries and install them into the Nix Store. The idea is to use Homebrew Cask definitions to declaratively manage macOS applications, many of which (among them Firefox, VLC, LibreOffice…) are not supported in Nixpkgs. ![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t find anything like that so I decided to try it myself, and after a little hacking I am happy to anounce a new project: nixcasks. ![]()
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