{ buildEnv, lib, man, nixos, # TODO: replace indirect self-reference by proper self-reference # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/119942 nixos-install-tools, runCommand, nixosTests, }: let inherit (nixos {}) config; version = config.system.nixos.version; in (buildEnv { name = "nixos-install-tools-${version}"; paths = lib.attrValues { # See nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix inherit (config.system.build) nixos-install nixos-generate-config nixos-enter; inherit (config.system.build.manual) nixos-configuration-reference-manpage; }; extraOutputsToInstall = ["man"]; meta = { description = "The essential commands from the NixOS installer as a package"; longDescription = '' With this package, you get the commands like nixos-generate-config and nixos-install that you would otherwise only find on a NixOS system, such as an installer image. This way, you can install NixOS using a machine that only has Nix. ''; license = lib.licenses.mit; homepage = "https://nixos.org"; platforms = lib.platforms.linux; }; passthru.tests = { nixos-tests = lib.recurseIntoAttrs nixosTests.installer; nixos-install-help = runCommand "test-nixos-install-help" { nativeBuildInputs = [ man nixos-install-tools ]; meta.description = '' Make sure that --help works. It's somewhat non-trivial because it requires man. ''; } '' nixos-install --help | grep -F 'NixOS Reference Pages' nixos-install --help | grep -F 'configuration.nix' nixos-generate-config --help | grep -F 'NixOS Reference Pages' nixos-generate-config --help | grep -F 'hardware-configuration.nix' # FIXME: Tries to call unshare, which it must not do for --help # nixos-enter --help | grep -F 'NixOS Reference Pages' touch $out ''; }; }).overrideAttrs { inherit version; pname = "nixos-install-tools"; }