treefmt/docs/installation.md
Jonas Chevalier 07aaf738fd
nix: remove flake-compat (#117)
We shouldn't punish stable Nix users. flake-compat does that by making
the default.nix convoluted to use. Instead do the reverse and have
flake.nix depend on default.nix.
2021-06-29 11:01:37 +02:00

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Installation

You can install treefmt with two option below. The best option is to download the release binary as you will get the stable version of treefmt.

Download release binary

Download the stable version of treefmt from release binary.

Building from source

Non-Nix User

Install rust using rustup by following the instruction.

To try the project, run:

$ cargo run -- --help

If you want to build the project, run:

$ cargo build

and find the treefmt binary in the target folder.

Nix User

Non-flake user

This repository can be used using plain nix-build or nix-shell. To build the package, just run:

$ nix-build -A treefmt

Nix-flake user

If you want to use this repo with flakes feature, please enable it using the following method:

Linux and Windows Subsystem Linux 2 (WSL2)

Install Nix as instructed above. Next, install nixUnstable by running the following code:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nixFlakes

Lastly, open your ~/.config/nix/nix.conf or /etc/nix/nix.conf file and add:

experimental-features = nix-command flakes

NixOS

Add the following code into your configuration.nix:

{ pkgs, ... }: {
  nix = {
    package = pkgs.nixFlakes;
      extraOptions = ''
        experimental-features = nix-command flakes
      '';
  };
}

And finally, run the following command:

$ nix build

The treefmt binary will be available in the result folder.

Alternatively, you can run:

$ nix run . -- --help

From the root of this project.