I want to install a package, I lookup for the package here https://search.nixos.org/packages? I can find multiple versions. two that sound right, two sound like rubbish and one is a plugin for something. How do I decide which of the two good sounding packages I should choose? What if the package or even both not work? How do I know that it is up to date? How do I know that it will be updated in a timely manner? Can I update it?

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    2•3 months ago

    I had trouble with at least julia rstudio and zed which is why I didn’t specify the specific package and would like to know how to solve it in general.

    Thanks for your write up! It gives me a better understanding of it! But I guess the only thing that I can do now is to raise issues when the package doesn’t work properly :D

    I solved it using distrobox but I’d prefer using nix

    • @unhingeEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      Ah, I forgot to mention that you can ask for help on https://discourse.nixos.org/ , you’ll get better reach there. It has helped me a lot since I started with nix

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        just to clarify. Shall I open an issue or send an email to the maintainer when a package is outdated, or not working?

        • @unhingeEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          open an issue I guess? I’m not sure