nix-snapd

Snap package for Nix and NixOS

Installation

Flakes

Example minimal /etc/nixos/flake.nix:

{
  description = "NixOS configuration";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    nix-snapd.url = "github:nix-community/nix-snapd";
    nix-snapd.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, nix-snapd }: {
    nixosConfigurations.my-hostname = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [
        nix-snapd.nixosModules.default
        {
          services.snap.enable = true;
        }
      ];
    };
  };
}

Channels

Add a nix-snapd channel with

sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/nix-snapd/archive/main.tar.gz nix-snapd
sudo nix-channel --update

Then make the following modification to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:

{ ... }:

{
  imports = [ (import <nix-snapd>).nixosModules.default ];
  
  services.snap.enable = true;
}