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title = "Unstable software in NixOS"
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date = 2022-06-18
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draft = false
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[taxonomies]
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categories = [ "nixos" ]
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tags = [ "nixos", "nixos-22.05" ]
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## Installing newer software
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Recently I ran into this [bug](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/175512) with the stable (22.05 at this writing) of the ProtonVPN software in NixOS. A way to work around it was use the unstable version of the software which had the fix. I did a bit of Googling to find how to do that so I wanted to share what I found, this is the file that I use:
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{ config, pkgs, ...}:
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let
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unstable = import
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(builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/tarball/master)
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# reuse the current configuration
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{ config = config.nixpkgs.config; };
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in
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{
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environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
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unstable.protonvpn-cli
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unstable.protonvpn-gui
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];
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}
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Now I made this in a file like this `/etc/nixos/unstable-programs.nix` and then edit my `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` file to import it like this:
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[
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./hardware-configuration.nix
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./plasma.nix
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./programs.nix
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./unstable-programs.nix
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];
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That way I can comment it out once the fix is released or if I want to remove it for some reason. Once I made these edits to those two files I would rebuild and switch with this command `sudo nixos-rebuild switch` now if you want to test it just for the next reboot in case you are worried you can run this command instead `sudo nixos-rebuild test`. Now when you reboot it boots into that generation but if it doesn't work just reboot and you'll be in the previous generation without the change.
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