nixos-xivlauncher-rb

XIVLauncher-RB for NixOS.

Installation

Firstly your system must have Flakes enabled. To do this, add the following to your configuration.nix file:

nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];

Then run sudo nixos-rebuilt test, then create a flake.nix file in your NixOS configuration directory with the following content:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05"; # This should match the version of NixOS you want to use

    nixos-xivlauncher-rb = {
      url = "github:drakon64/nixos-xivlauncher-rb";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs =
   {
      self,
      nixpkgs,
      nixos-xivlauncher-rb,
    }:
    {
      nixosConfigurations = {
        desktop = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
          modules = [
            ./configuration.nix
            nixos-xivlauncher-rb.nixosModules.default
          ];
        };
      };
    };
}

Then you can add xivlauncher-rb to configuration.nix like so:

{
  config,
  lib,
  pkgs,
  ...
}:
...

environment.systemPackages = [
  xivlauncher-rb
];

Optionally you can enable GameMode support:

environment.systemPackages = [
  (xivlauncher-rb.override { useGameMode = true; })
];

or DLSS support:

environment.systemPackages = [
  (xivlauncher-rb.override { nvngxPath = "${config.hardware.nvidia.package}/lib/nvidia/wine"; })
];

or both:

environment.systemPackages = [
  (xivlauncher-rb.override {
    useGameMode = true;
    nvngxPath = "${config.hardware.nvidia.package}/lib/nvidia/wine";
  })
];

Now run sudo nix flake update in your NixOS configuration directory and rebuild your system as normal. Please note that the previous method of updating Nix channels will no longer work, you will have to use sudo nix flake update as long as Flakes are enabled.

Credits

• nur-packages-template for providing the original template for a Nix Flake
• sersorrel and witchof0x20 for maintaining the XIVLauncher package in Nixpkgs which this heavily borrows from
• niklaskorz for showing me how to properly package something with Nix