markus1189 / dyalog-nixos

Run dyalog APL and RIDE on nixos

DEPRECATED

this repo is no longer necessary, since both packages are available in nixpkgs, starting at 24.05

(#16)

Dyalog APL and RIDE Editor

This repository contains a nix definition to install dyalog APL (https://www.dyalog.com/) and RIDE (https://github.com/Dyalog/ride).

Howto

Run nix-shell in the directory, providing you with both dyalog and ride in your path. Afterwards you can open RIDE and tell it to launch dyalog (available in PATH).

With flakes, you can run nix shell github:markus1189/dyalog-nixos#{dyalog,ride}

Troubleshooting

If you get 404 for dyalog or ride download:

• dyalog: find new version at https://www.dyalog.com/download-zone.htm?p=download
• ride: find new version at https://github.com/Dyalog/ride/releases

and update the corresponding files.

Using the flake

You can run dyalog and RIDE using the nix flake like this:

nix shell github:markus1189/dyalog-nixos

Links:

You can find documentation on dyalog and ride here: https://www.dyalog.com/documentation.htm

Related Projects

• DyalogDocker: https://github.com/Dyalog/DyalogDocker

And the most important thing

Happy Hacking!

dyalog-nixos's Issues

collision when including both dyalog and ride from overlay in packages

it seems that alone, each package installs and runs fine. but if i try to rebuild with both packages in my environmentPackages at the same time i get a collision

collision between /nix/store/irn6x6s2l61cmq8rp60nyamhp8crs17k-ride-4.3.3463-1/natives_blob.bin' and /nix/store/ky59n0fari51vqri63vpn7i5j0mc8p89-dyalog-18.0.40684/natives_blob.bin'

Keyboard instruction

It would be really nice if there was some instruction here about setting up the apl keyboard layout under nix.

Mention nixpkgs

My PR for RIDE finally got merged into nixpkgs recently, so it will make it into 24.05

I think we should update the README.md to point out that nixpkgs now has both dyalog and ride.

Not sure if this repository should be archived or repurposed or kept as is.

(I'm away on a trip, so I can't make a PR)

needs updating?

I tried this with a download from 2021-03-03 and I think the ride deb url needs updating?

trying https://www.dyalog.com/uploads/php/download.dyalog.com/download.php?file=18.0/linux_64_18.0.38756_unicode.x86_64.deb
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

trying https://github.com/Dyalog/ride/releases/download/v4.3.3463/ride-4.3.3463-1_amd64.deb
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   631  100   631    0     0  10344      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 10344
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found

does this work currently?

when using this i got a bunch of errors about stdenv.lib which i fixed by adding lib to the argument set and using that instead. however, now i'm getting a 404 on the .deb file which i don't know how to fix. any ideas?

Version 17.1 includes simpler download instructions

Version 17.1 of Dyalog APL has simplified the download process. Is there anything that must be done differently with this new process from the following download page?

https://www.dyalog.com/download-zone.htm

RIDE hangs on splash screen

No chance to investigate yet, but the RIDE IDE is stuck on the splash screen and does not work...

Implement a flake

Making a flake would allow running nix run github:markus1189/dyalog-nixos while getting an environment to run dyalog APL, which would be rather convenient.