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Some options, typically programs.<name>.enable, but also for example virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable, or even services.<name> directly relate to installing or using a package in NixOS.
I wished that when searching for steam in https://search.nixos.org/packages, I would be directly informed that to install this on NixOS, I actually need to use the option programs.steam.enable.
Another option would be to add a dedicated meta entry such as relatedOptions to point to all the options which are very relevant to then package, and to make it visible in https://search.nixos.org/packages.
Problem
Some options, typically
programs.<name>.enable
, but also for examplevirtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable
, or evenservices.<name>
directly relate to installing or using a package in NixOS.I wished that when searching for
steam
in https://search.nixos.org/packages, I would be directly informed that to install this on NixOS, I actually need to use the optionprograms.steam.enable
.Proposal
One option is to add the information in
longDescription
, similarly to how solaar indicates the appropriate option.Another option would be to add a dedicated meta entry such as
relatedOptions
to point to all the options which are very relevant to then package, and to make it visible in https://search.nixos.org/packages.What do you think? Any better idea?
Issues
#221698 steam
#196280 partition-manager
#12756 evolution
snowfallorg/nix-software-center#26
PRs
#122424 solaar
#222390 steam
#222397 partition-manager
#222403 virtualbox
#222405 docker
#222406 podman
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