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script for installing nix software in a soft sandbox
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| which /bin/sh &>/dev/null || echo /bin/sh not found!! Try putting /bin/bash at begin of script! | |
| which /bin/sh &>/dev/null || exit | |
| read -e -p "Nix package name: " -i "firefox" nixPackageName || exit | |
| read -e -p "Sandbox home folder: " -i "$HOME/.home/$nixPackageName" sandboxHome || exit | |
| read -e -p "App calling command: " -i "$nixPackageName" appCmd || exit | |
| echo downloading package... | |
| nix-shell -p $nixPackageName --command exit | |
| echo preparing sandbox home... | |
| mkdir -p $sandboxHome || exit | |
| ##################################################################################################### | |
| # run.sh # | |
| ##################################################################################################### | |
| printf "#!/bin/sh # | |
| # | |
| export package=$nixPackageName # | |
| export homefolder=$sandboxHome # | |
| export cmd=\"$appCmd $@\" # | |
| # | |
| # | |
| export HOME=\$homefolder # | |
| mkdir -p ~/.config/nixpkgs/ # | |
| printf \"{ allowUnfree = true; }\" > ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix # | |
| nix-shell -p \$package --command \"\$cmd\"" > $sandboxHome/run.sh && chmod +x $sandboxHome/run.sh # | |
| ##################################################################################################### | |
| echo | |
| echo "continuing will create a launcher link. Cancel with Ctrl+C" | |
| read -e -p "Launcher Link: " -i "$HOME/.local/share/applications/$nixPackageName.desktop" launcherFile || exit | |
| read -e -p "Launcher Name: " -i "$(echo $nixPackageName | sed 's/./\u&/')" launcherName || exit | |
| cp $(find /nix/store/*$nixPackageName* -name "*png" | head -n 1) $sandboxHome/icon.png | |
| ##################################### | |
| # launch.desktop # | |
| ##################################### | |
| printf "[Desktop Entry] # | |
| Type=Application # | |
| Encoding=UTF-8 # | |
| Name=$launcherName # | |
| Icon=$sandboxHome/icon.png # | |
| Exec=$sandboxHome/run.sh # | |
| Terminal=false;" > $launcherFile # | |
| ##################################### |
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