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The Mathematica installer can be scripted on Linux, but it’s a lost cause on Darwin. That being said, we can simply install it, add it to the Nix store, and then only use it when we want it. Plus, we can add some goodies like symlinking math like on Linux (although it conflicts with the fish builtin of the same name, wolfram can be used instead) and the inclusion of mash.pl to be able to use Mathematica with org-babel (per this article).
The only weird thing is that Mathematica won’t run properly as a symlink; I used makeWrapper instead, which itself ought to be replaced by makeBinaryWrapper, but I think it’s currently broken on Darwin or something. Oh well.
Click on Use this template to start a repo based on this template. (Do _not_ fork it.)Add your packages to the pkgs directory and to default.nix.- Remember to mark the broken packages as `broken = true;` in the `meta` attribute, or travis (and consequently caching) will fail!
- Library functions, modules and overlays go in the respective directories
- Choose your CI: Depending on your preference you can use github actions (recommended) or Travis ci.
- Github actions: Change your NUR repo name and optionally add a cachix name in .github/workflows/build.yml and change the cron timer to a random value as described in the file.
- Travis ci: Change your NUR repo name and optionally your cachix repo name in .travis.yml. Than enable travis in your repo. You can add a cron job in the repository settings on travis to keep your cachix cache fresh
- Change your travis and cachix names on the README template section and delete the rest
- Add yourself to NUR