Bug 451398 - Please add a nix backend to support the nix package manager
Summary: Please add a nix backend to support the nix package manager
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen
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Reported: 2022-03-11 14:57 UTC by m.pedramfar
Modified: 2022-03-25 03:39 UTC (History)
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Description m.pedramfar 2022-03-11 14:57:24 UTC 
The Nix package manager is brilliant, it works on all (most?) linux distributions and macOS and it even has more packages than AUR (see https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/total). It would be great if there was a nix backend for discover.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-03-25 03:39:37 UTC 
This would be something to implement in PackageKit, not Discover directly. PackageKit is the layer in the stack where support for different packaging systems gets implemented. See the current set of supported backends here: https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/tree/main/backends