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Closes #149. Change-Id: Id7296d3a436a75c4642c351ae78a69d3fd35b5eb Reviewed-on: https://cl.snix.dev/c/snix/+/30573 Reviewed-by: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> Tested-by: besadii Reviewed-by: rszyma <rszyma.dev@gmail.com>
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---
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title: "Building Snix"
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slug: building
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description: ""
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summary: ""
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date: 2025-03-14T14:14:35+01:00
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lastmod: 2025-03-14T14:14:35+01:00
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draft: false
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weight: 11
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toc: true
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---
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This document describes how to build the project locally, both for interactive
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development as well as referring to it from Nix code (for example, to run one of
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its binaries on your machine).
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{{<callout>}}
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Please check the [Contribution Guide]({{< relref "contributing" >}}) on how to
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contribute after following this guide.
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{{</callout>}}
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### Requirements
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- Ensure you have [Direnv][] installed and [hooked into your shell][direnv-inst].
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- Ensure you have [Nix][] installed.
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### Getting the sources
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Snix is hosted in its own Forgejo instance, hosted on [git.snix.dev](https://git.snix.dev/snix/snix).
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Check out the source code as follows:
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```bash
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git clone https://git.snix.dev/snix/snix.git
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```
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### Interactive development
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```bash
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direnv allow
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```
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This provides all the necessary tools and dependencies to interactively build
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the source code, using `cargo build` etc.
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### Building only
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It is also possible to build the different Snix crates with Nix,
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in which you don't need to enter the shell.
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From the root of the repository, you can build as follows:
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```bash
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$ nix-build -A snix.cli
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```
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Alternatively, you can use the `mg` wrapper from anywhere in the repository (requires the direnv setup from above):
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```bash
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mg build //snix:cli
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```
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This uses [crate2nix][] to build each crate dependency individually.
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#### Binary cache for Development
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If you want to fetch store paths built by CI, you can configure our
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[Harmonia](https://github.com/nix-community/harmonia) deployment as a Nix substituter:
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```nix
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{
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nix.settings.trusted-public-keys = [
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"cache.snix.dev-1:miTqzIzmCbX/DyK2tLNXDROk77CbbvcRdWA4y2F8pno="
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];
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nix.settings.substituters = [
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"https://cache.snix.dev"
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];
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}
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```
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Keep in mind there's no guarantees on paths being available, they get GC'ed
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eventually.
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### Further reading
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Checkout the [Component Overview]({{< ref "/docs/components/overview" >}})
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to learn more about the project structure.
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[Direnv]: https://direnv.net
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[direnv-inst]: https://direnv.net/docs/installation.html
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[Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/
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[mg]: https://code.tvl.fyi/tree/tools/magrathea
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[crate2nix]: https://github.com/nix-community/crate2nix/
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