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# Idris
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## Installing Idris
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The easiest way to get a working idris version is to install the `idris` attribute:
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```
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$ # On NixOS
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$ nix-env -i nixos.idris
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$ # On non-NixOS
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$ nix-env -i nixpkgs.idris
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```
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This however only provides the `prelude` and `base` libraries. To install idris with additional libraries, you can use the `idrisPackages.with-packages` function, e.g. in an overlay in `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/my-idris.nix`:
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```nix
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self: super: {
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myIdris = with self.idrisPackages; with-packages [ contrib pruviloj ];
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}
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```
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And then:
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```
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$ # On NixOS
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$ nix-env -iA nixos.myIdris
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$ # On non-NixOS
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$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.myIdris
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```
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To see all available Idris packages:
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```
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$ # On NixOS
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$ nix-env -qaPA nixos.idrisPackages
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$ # On non-NixOS
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$ nix-env -qaPA nixpkgs.idrisPackages
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```
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Similarly, entering a `nix-shell`:
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```
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$ nix-shell -p 'idrisPackages.with-packages (with idrisPackages; [ contrib pruviloj ])'
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```
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## Starting Idris with library support
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To have access to these libraries in idris, call it with an argument `-p <library name>` for each library:
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```
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$ nix-shell -p 'idrisPackages.with-packages (with idrisPackages; [ contrib pruviloj ])'
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[nix-shell:~]$ idris -p contrib -p pruviloj
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```
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A listing of all available packages the Idris binary has access to is available via `--listlibs`:
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```
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$ idris --listlibs
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00prelude-idx.ibc
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pruviloj
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base
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contrib
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prelude
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00pruviloj-idx.ibc
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00base-idx.ibc
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00contrib-idx.ibc
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```
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## Building an Idris project with Nix
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As an example of how a Nix expression for an Idris package can be created, here is the one for `idrisPackages.yaml`:
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```nix
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{ build-idris-package
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, fetchFromGitHub
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, contrib
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, lightyear
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, lib
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}:
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build-idris-package {
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name = "yaml";
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version = "2018-01-25";
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# This is the .ipkg file that should be built, defaults to the package name
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# In this case it should build `Yaml.ipkg` instead of `yaml.ipkg`
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# This is only necessary because the yaml packages ipkg file is
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# different from its package name here.
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ipkgName = "Yaml";
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# Idris dependencies to provide for the build
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idrisDeps = [ contrib lightyear ];
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src = fetchFromGitHub {
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owner = "Heather";
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repo = "Idris.Yaml";
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rev = "5afa51ffc839844862b8316faba3bafa15656db4";
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sha256 = "1g4pi0swmg214kndj85hj50ccmckni7piprsxfdzdfhg87s0avw7";
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};
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meta = {
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description = "Idris YAML lib";
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homepage = https://github.com/Heather/Idris.Yaml;
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license = lib.licenses.mit;
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maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.brainrape ];
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};
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}
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```
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Assuming this file is saved as `yaml.nix`, it's buildable using
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```
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$ nix-build -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).idrisPackages.callPackage ./yaml.nix {}'
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```
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Or it's possible to use
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```nix
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with import <nixpkgs> {};
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{
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yaml = idrisPackages.callPackage ./yaml.nix {};
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}
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```
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in another file (say `default.nix`) to be able to build it with
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```
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$ nix-build -A yaml
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```
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## Passing options to `idris` commands
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The `build-idris-package` function provides also optional input values to set additional options for the used `idris` commands.
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Specifically, you can set `idrisBuildOptions`, `idrisTestOptions`, `idrisInstallOptions` and `idrisDocOptions` to provide additional options to the `idris` command respectively when building, testing, installing and generating docs for your package.
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For example you could set
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```
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build-idris-package {
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idrisBuildOptions = [ "--log" "1" "--verbose" ]
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...
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}
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```
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to require verbose output during `idris` build phase.
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