to install nixos as A WSL distribution I followed these instructions:
https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL.
As they say : I download the latest release : https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL/releases/download/23.5.5.2/nixos-wsl.tar.gz
As they say I have updated the channel
Now I want to install git.
I followed these instructions: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nixos-rebuild
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix look like that now
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page, on
# https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
# NixOS-WSL specific options are documented on the NixOS-WSL repository:
# https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports = [
# include NixOS-WSL modules
<nixos-wsl/modules>
];
wsl.enable = true;
wsl.defaultUser = "nixos";
environment.systemPackages = [
pkgs.git
];
# This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
# settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
# on your system were taken. It's perfectly fine and recommended to leave
# this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
# Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
# (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
system.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Did you read the comment?
}
After launching
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
I get a very long error message.
warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does not exist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs/nixos' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «string»:1:13: 1| with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; config.system.build.nixos-rebuild | ^ (use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information) building Nix... warning: Nix search path entry'/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does not exist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs/nixos' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «none»:0: (source not available) warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does notexist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «none»:0: (source not available) warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does notexist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «none»:0: (source not available) /tmp/nixos-rebuild.CkQLrX/nix warning: Nix search path entry'/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does not exist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «none»:0: (source not available) building the system configuration... warning: Nix search path entry'/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos' does not exist, ignoring warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring error: file 'nixpkgs/nixos' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
at «none»:0: (source not available)
Apparently the instructions in the README are lacking a bit. In NixOS-WSL issue tracker @mprasil was kind enough to share the missing step:
sudo nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-23.11 nixos
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch