NixOS install ./bin/apply: No such file or directory

[adamecooper]

Hi Dustin,

I'm following the README instructions for NixOS, and the install step is erroring out:

$ sudo nix run --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' github:dustinlyons/nixos-config#install
Running install for x86_64-linux
+ cleanup
+ rm -rf nixos-config-main.zip nixos-config-main nixos-config
+ check_installer
+ '[' -e /etc/NIXOS ']'
+ echo -e '\e[1;32mRunning in the NixOS installer environment.\e[0m'
Running in the NixOS installer environment.
+ download_config
+ curl -LJ0 https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config/archive/main.zip -o nixos-config-main.zip
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 2320k    0 2320k    0     0  4661k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 4661k
+ unzip nixos-config-main.zip
Archive:  nixos-config-main.zip
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finishing deferred symbolic links:
  nixos-config-main/apps/aarch64-linux -> x86_64-linux
  nixos-config-main/templates/starter-with-secrets/apps/aarch64-linux -> x86_64-linux
  nixos-config-main/templates/starter/apps/aarch64-linux -> x86_64-linux
+ mv nixos-config-main/templates/starter nixos-config
+ cd nixos-config
+ run_apply
+ ./bin/apply
/nix/store/9vi19cpxijbhf6h0kcr07wl40d53qbzv-source/apps/x86_64-linux/install: line 25: ./bin/apply: No such file or directory

Do you know how to resolve this? Thanks for making this repository public by the way; it's been a very helpful learning resource.

[adamecooper]

The apply script is available in the nix store:

ls -l /nix/store/9vi19cpxijbhf6h0kcr07wl40d53qbzv-source/apps/x86_64-linux/       
total 32
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4144 Dec 31  1969 apply
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  580 Dec 31  1969 build-switch
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1019 Dec 31  1969 check-keys
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1807 Dec 31  1969 copy-keys
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root  688 Dec 31  1969 create-keys
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1722 Dec 31  1969 install
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2592 Dec 31  1969 install-with-secrets

I think the issue may be caused by using the relative path (./bin/apply) to call apply.

[dustinlyons]

Hi @adamecooper, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I recently refactored a bunch and it looks like I introduced a regression. Let me take a look and see if I can run through the x86_64-linux install.

./bin/apply was the old directory path.

[dustinlyons]

I made a fix to the incorrect ./bin/apply path. Can you try again?

[adamecooper]

Hi @dustinlyons, I just ran the install command again, and got a new error this time :)

...
+ run_disko
+ sudo nix run --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes github:nix-community/disko -- --mode zap_create_mount ./nixos/disk-config.nix
aborted: disko config must be an existing file or flake must be set

[dustinlyons]

@adamecooper Oops, I missed that path too. Thanks for being the tester today :)

I just fixed that path.

Apologies, I don't have much time today to test the install end-to-end but this should work now.

[adamecooper]

@dustinlyons no worries, thank you so much for making these fixes! The installation appears to be proceeding successfully now. Will report back once it completes.

[adamecooper]

@dustinlyons, confirming that the installation was successful 🎉 Time to start customizing. Thanks again for the help, and happy new year!

[dustinlyons]

Awesome, great to hear. Thanks for finding some bugs! Happy new year and feel free to reach out if you have any Nix questions.