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diff --git a/nixpkgs/doc/builders/packages/fuse.section.md b/nixpkgs/doc/builders/packages/fuse.section.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5603481115e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/doc/builders/packages/fuse.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# FUSE {#sec-fuse} + +Some packages rely on +[FUSE](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fuse.html) to provide +support for additional filesystems not supported by the kernel. + +In general, FUSE software are primarily developed for Linux but many of them can +also run on macOS. Nixpkgs supports FUSE packages on macOS, but it requires +[macFUSE](https://osxfuse.github.io) to be installed outside of Nix. macFUSE +currently isn't packaged in Nixpkgs mainly because it includes a kernel +extension, which isn't supported by Nix outside of NixOS. + +If a package fails to run on macOS with an error message similar to the +following, it's a likely sign that you need to have macFUSE installed. + + dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse.2.dylib + Referenced from: /nix/store/w8bi72bssv0bnxhwfw3xr1mvn7myf37x-sshfs-fuse-2.10/bin/sshfs + Reason: image not found + [1] 92299 abort /nix/store/w8bi72bssv0bnxhwfw3xr1mvn7myf37x-sshfs-fuse-2.10/bin/sshfs |