Example on how to pass packages from flakes into home.packages

[SuperSandro2000]

I am using flakes with home-manager and want to add a packages from some flake into home.packages. Currently I hacked something together and passing in some things via extraSpecialArgs and then use them as input.
My question is now: How are you really supposed to do that platform independent? I also couldn't figure out a way to use eachSystem since the output is not what home-manager is expecting.

[berbiche]

Hi,

If you have access to pkgs in your expression, then you can write it as my-flake.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or pkgs.system.
This is the only way that I know to use flake's "packages" output.

[SuperSandro2000]

I am using flakes with home-manager and want to add a packages from some flake into home.packages. Currently I hacked something together and passing in some things via extraSpecialArgs and then use them as input.

I ended up doing an overlay which seemed to be the best option.

configuration = _: {
  imports = [ ./home.nix ];
  nixpkgs.overlays = [
    (final: prev: {
    nix-output-monitor = nix-output-monitor.defaultPackage."${system}";
    })
  ];
};

Still, I am wondering if this is the best solution, or if there is a better one.

[terlar]

For whatever it is worth I’m using the overlay option as well. Also interested to know if there is an even better one.