Trying to use brew-nix - still to much broken

flake.nix

@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
       url = "github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin/nix-darwin-26.05";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    brew-src = {
+      url = "github:Homebrew/brew/master";
+      flake = false;
+    };
     nix-homebrew = {
       url = "github:zhaofengli-wip/nix-homebrew";
+      inputs.brew-src.follows = "brew-src";
     };
     homebrew-bundle = {
       url = "github:homebrew/homebrew-bundle";
@@ -48,6 +53,14 @@
     llm-agents = {
       url = "github:numtide/llm-agents.nix";
     };
+   brew-api = {
+      url = "github:BatteredBunny/brew-api";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+    brew-nix = {
+      url = "github:BatteredBunny/brew-nix";
+      inputs.brew-api.follows = "brew-api";
+    };
 
     # mac-app-util doesn't work with OCLP installed on X86
     # mac-app-util = {
@@ -70,6 +83,8 @@
       nix-vscode-extensions,
       catppuccin,
       llm-agents,
+      brew-api,
+      brew-nix,
       ...
     }@inputs:
     let
@@ -100,7 +115,7 @@
                 export EDITOR=vim
               '';
               buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-                rnix-lsp
+                bash
               ];
             };
         };
@@ -129,9 +144,8 @@
       };
     in
     {
-      devShells = forAllSystems devShell;
+      devShells = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs darwinSystems devShell;
-      apps =
+      apps = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs darwinSystems mkDarwinApps;
-        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs linuxSystems mkLinuxApps // nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs darwinSystems mkDarwinApps;
 
       darwinConfigurations = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs darwinSystems (
         system:
@@ -139,22 +153,12 @@
           inherit system;
           specialArgs = inputs;
           modules = [
+            brew-nix.darwinModules.default
             #    sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
             home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager
-            nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew
             # mac-app-util.darwinModules.default
             {
-              nix-homebrew = {
+              brew-nix.enable = true;
-                inherit user;
-                enable = true;
-                taps = {
-                  "homebrew/homebrew-core" = homebrew-core;
-                  "homebrew/homebrew-cask" = homebrew-cask;
-                  "homebrew/homebrew-bundle" = homebrew-bundle;
-                };
-                mutableTaps = false;
-                autoMigrate = true;
-              };
               home-manager.sharedModules = [
                 #                mac-app-util.homeManagerModules.default
                 catppuccin.homeModules.catppuccin
@@ -166,25 +170,6 @@
         }
       );
 
-      nixosConfigurations = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs linuxSystems (
+      nixosConfigurations = { };
-        system:
-        nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-          inherit system;
-          specialArgs = inputs;
-          modules = [
-            sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
-            disko.nixosModules.disko
-            home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
-            {
-              home-manager = {
-                useGlobalPkgs = true;
-                useUserPackages = true;
-                users.${user} = import ./modules/nixos/home-manager.nix;
-              };
-            }
-            ./hosts/nixos
-          ];
-        }
-      );
     };
 }

hosts/darwin/default.nix

@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ in
         "https://nix-community.cachix.org"
         "https://cache.nixos.org"
       ];
-      trusted-public-keys = [ "cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=" 
+      trusted-public-keys = [
-       "nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs="
+        "cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY="
-       ];
+        "nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs="
+      ];
     };
 
     gc = {
@@ -60,37 +61,60 @@ in
     '';
   };
 
-
+  users.groups = {
-  users.groups= {
+    gidevelopert = {
-    gidevelopert={
+      description = "Git Common Rights";
-      description="Git Common Rights";
+      gid = 500;
-      gid=500;
+      name = "gitdeveloper";
-      name= "gitdeveloper";
+      members = [ "olaf" ];
-      members = [ "olaf" ] ;
     };
   };
 
-  users.knownGroups=["gitdeveloper"];
+  users.knownGroups = [ "gitdeveloper" ];
   # Turn off NIX_PATH warnings now that we're using flakes
   system.checks.verifyNixPath = false;
 
+  fonts = {
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      dejavu_fonts
+      emacs-all-the-icons-fonts
+      #  feather-font # from overlayj
+      jetbrains-mono
+      google-fonts
+      font-awesome
+      noto-fonts
+      noto-fonts-color-emoji
+      #   jetbrains-mono
+      hack-font
+      meslo-lgs-nf
+      nerd-fonts.fira-code
+      nerd-fonts.droid-sans-mono
+      noto-fonts-cjk-sans
+      noto-fonts
+    ]
+    # this adds all nerd-fonts Gigabytes of them, too much.
+    # ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.nerd-fonts)
+    ;
+
+  };
   # Load configuration that is shared across systems
   environment.systemPackages =
     with pkgs;
     [
-    # Emacs with automatic package management from overlay
+      # Emacs with automatic package management from overlay
-        (emacsWithPackagesFromUsePackage {
+      (emacsWithPackagesFromUsePackage {
-          config = ../config/emacs/emacs.el;
+        config = ../config/emacs/emacs.el;
-          defaultInitFile = true;
+        defaultInitFile = true;
-          package = emacs-git;
+        package = emacs-git;
-          alwaysEnsure = true;
+        alwaysEnsure = true;
-          extraEmacsPackages = epkgs: with epkgs; [
+        extraEmacsPackages =
+          epkgs: with epkgs; [
             magit
             company
             nix-mode
             use-package
           ];
-        })
+      })
     ]
     ++ (import ../../modules/shared/packages.nix { inherit pkgs llm-agents; })
 
@@ -108,6 +132,16 @@ in
     StandardOutPath = "/tmp/emacs.out.log";
   };
 
+  launchd.user.agents.ollama = {
+    command = "${pkgs.ollama}/bin/ollama serve";
+    serviceConfig = {
+      KeepAlive = true;
+      RunAtLoad = true;
+      StandardOutPath = "/tmp/ollama.out.log";
+      StandardErrorPath = "/tmp/ollama.err.log";
+    };
+  };
+
   system = {
     stateVersion = 4;
     primaryUser = "${user}";

modules/darwin/casks.nix

@@ -1,74 +1,89 @@
-_:
+{ pkgs }:
+let
+  casks = pkgs.brewCasks;
 
+  # the override to replace the package’s source fetch itself rather than just changing a downstream hash field
+  overrideCaskWithHash = name: hash:
+    casks.${name}.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = builtins.head oldAttrs.src.urls;
+        hash = hash;
+      };
+    });
+  overriddenCasks = {
+    "box-tools" = overrideCaskWithHash "box-tools" "sha256-e7QZ/mWye86d7GDSgD+CtHDLCp/odiFwDcdg7/qxqKc=";
+    daisydisk = overrideCaskWithHash "daisydisk" "sha256-Re9GOfK03Gogb4Ep1itUJm60L94qvGfXgjqpLg8GQlc=";
+    keybase = overrideCaskWithHash "keybase" "sha256-CnFlLeU/BIhiUYebtRpUjJWE0QrsdZsiiZGzRUi31zg=";
+  };
+in
 [
-  # Development Tools
+  # Development tools
-  "arduino-ide"
+  casks.arduino-ide
-  "homebrew/cask/docker-desktop"
+  casks."docker-desktop"
-  "iterm2"
+  casks.iterm2
-  "oracle-jdk"
+  casks.oracle-jdk
-  "visual-studio-code"
+  casks."visual-studio-code"
 
-  # Creatative tools
+  # Creative tools
-  "blender"
+  casks.blender
-  "gimp"
+  casks.gimp
-  "inkscape"
+  casks.inkscape
-  "vcv-rack"
+  casks."vcv-rack"
-  #"affinity-designer"
-  #"affinity-photo"
-  #"affinity-publisher"
 
-  # Communication Tools
+  # Communication tools
-  "adium"
+  casks.adium
-  "discord"
+  casks.discord
-  "signal"
+  casks.signal
-  "webex"
+  casks.webex
-  "whatsapp"
+  casks.whatsapp
-  "zoom"
+  casks.zoom
 
+  # Utility tools
+  # These casks currently fail during Homebrew download/build in this environment.
+  # casks."blackhole-16ch"
+  # casks."blackhole-2ch"
+  casks."box-drive"
+  # box-tools currently fails during unpack/install in this environment.
+  # overriddenCasks."box-tools"
+  # daisydisk currently fails with an upstream hash mismatch in this environment.
+  # overriddenCasks.daisydisk
+  # casks."karabiner-elements"
+  overriddenCasks.keybase
+  (overrideCaskWithHash "smartsheet" "sha256-ShCJAKDWMWy++3IC00YdyABvsmLW6DrpvJABAkFQXOA=")
+  casks.spamsieve
+  casks."syncthing-app"
+  casks."synology-drive"
 
-  # Utility Tools
+  # Entertainment tools
+  casks.qobuz
+  casks.steam
+  casks."handbrake-app"
+  casks."jellyfin-media-player"
+  casks.mediaelch
+  casks.obs
+  casks."vimediamanager"
+  casks.vlc
 
-  "blackhole-16ch"
+  # Productivity tools
-  "blackhole-2ch"
+  casks."1password"
-  "box-drive"
+  casks.bitwarden
-  "box-tools"
+  casks.calibre
-  "daisydisk"
+  casks."dbeaver-community"
-  "karabiner-elements"
+  casks.element
-  "keybase"
+  casks."gpg-suite"
-  "spamsieve"
+  casks."macdown-3000"
-  "syncthing-app"
+  casks.mailmate
-  "synology-drive"
+  casks.orcaslicer
-
+  casks.remanager
-  # Entertainment Tools
+  casks."qmk-toolbox"
-   "qobuz"
+  casks.smartsheet
-   "steam"
+  casks."copilot-cli"
-  "handbrake-app"
-  "jellyfin-media-player"
-  "mediaelch"
-  "obs"
-  "vimediamanager"  
-  "vlc"
-
-  # Productivity Tools
-  "1Password"
-  "bitwarden"
-  "calibre"
-  "dbeaver-community"
-  "element"
-  "gpg-suite"
-  "macdown"
-  "mailmate"
-  "orcaslicer"
-  "remanager"
-  "qmk-toolbox"  
-  "smartsheet"
-  "spamsieve"
-#  "sqlitestudio" # Doesn't work without Rosetta
-  "virtualbox"
-  "copilot-cli"
 
   # Browsers
- 
+  casks."brave-browser"
-# x11
+  casks.firefox
-"xquartz"
+  casks."google-chrome"
+
+  # X11
+  casks.xquartz
 ]

modules/darwin/home-manager.nix

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 let
   user = "olaf";
+  casks = import ./casks.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   # Define the content of your file as a derivation
   myEmacsLauncher = pkgs.writeScript "emacs-launcher.command" ''
     #!/bin/sh
@@ -32,43 +33,11 @@ in
   };
 
   homebrew = {
-    enable = true;
+    enable = false;
-    casks = pkgs.callPackage ./casks.nix { };
-    # onActivation.cleanup = "uninstall";
-
-    # These app IDs are from using the mas CLI app
-    # mas = mac app store
-    # https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
-    #
-    # $ nix shell nixpkgs#mas
-    # $ mas search <app name>
-    #
-    # If you have previously added these apps to your Mac App Store profile (but not installed them on this system),
-    # you may receive an error message "Redownload Unavailable with This Apple ID".
-    # This message is safe to ignore. (https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config/issues/83)
-
-    masApps = {
-      "1Password for Safari" = 1569813296; # (8.10.82)
-      "Affinity Designer 2" = 1616831348;
-      "Affinity Photo 2: Image Editor" = 1616822987;
-      "Affinity Publisher 2" = 1606941598;
-      # "DaisyDisk" = 411643860; # (4.32)  # Don't use this, we need the official version that is not sandboxed
-      "Fantastical - Calendar" = 975937182;
-      " Fedistar" =  6445863996; # (1.13.1)
-      "Home Assistant" = 1099568401; # (2025.7.1)
-      "Ice Cubes for Mastodon" = 6444915884; # (1.11.3)
-      "LibreOffice" = 1630474372;
-      "Monal - XMPP Chatting " = 1637078500;
-      "MQTT Explorer" = 1455214828; # (0.3.5)
-      "Night Sky" = 475772902; # 475772902
-      "Native SQLite Manager" = 1416282836; # (1.31.0)
-      "Remarkable Desktop" = 1276493162; # (3.19.0)
-      "Slack for Desktop" = 803453959; # (4.45.60)
-      "WiFi Explorer: Scanner" = 494803304; # (3.5.6)
-      ###      "1Password: Password Manager" = 1511601750; # (8.11.0) Does not seem to insta
-    };
   };
 
+  environment.systemPackages = casks;
+
   # Enable home-manager
   home-manager = {
     useGlobalPkgs = true;
@@ -132,7 +101,7 @@ in
         { path = "/Applications/Bitwarden.app"; }
         { path = "/Applications/Calendar.app/"; }
         { path = "/Applications/Notes.app/"; }
-        { path = "/run/current-system/Applications/Firefox.app/"; }
+        { path = "/Applications/Firefox.app/"; }
 
         { path = "/Applications/Slack.app/"; }
         {
@@ -148,7 +117,7 @@ in
         { path = "/Applications/Qobuz.app/"; }
         { path = "/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/App/System/Applications/Safari.app/"; }
         {
-          path = "/run/current-system/Applications/Brave Browser.app/";
+          path = "/Applications/Brave Browser.app/";
           options = "-l Brave";
         }
         { path = "/System/Applications/Photos.app/"; }

modules/nixos/home-manager.nix

@@ -11,21 +11,42 @@ let
   shared-programs = import ../shared/home-manager.nix { inherit config pkgs lib;  };
   shared-files = import ../shared/files.nix { inherit config pkgs; };
 
-  polybar-user_modules = builtins.readFile (
+  polybar-user_modules = builtins.replaceStrings
-    pkgs.replaceVars {
+    [
-      src = ./config/polybar/user_modules.ini;
+      "@packages@"
-      packages = "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/check-nixos-updates.sh";
+      "@searchpkgs@"
-      searchpkgs = "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/search-nixos-updates.sh";
+      "@launcher@"
-      launcher = "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/launcher.sh";
+      "@powermenu@"
-      powermenu = "${xdg_configHome}/rofi/bin/powermenu.sh";
+      "@calendar@"
-      calendar = "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/popup-calendar.sh";
+    ]
-    }
+    [
-  );
+      "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/check-nixos-updates.sh"
+      "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/search-nixos-updates.sh"
+      "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/launcher.sh"
+      "${xdg_configHome}/rofi/bin/powermenu.sh"
+      "${xdg_configHome}/polybar/bin/popup-calendar.sh"
+    ]
+    (builtins.readFile ./config/polybar/user_modules.ini);
 
-  polybar-config = pkgs.replaceVars {
+  polybar-config = {
-    src = ./config/polybar/config.ini;
+    "global/wm" = {
-    font0 = "DejaVu Sans:size=12;3";
+      margin-bottom = 0;
-    font1 = "feather:size=12;3"; # from overlay
+      margin-top = 0;
+    };
+    "bar/main" = {
+      width = "98%";
+      height = 40;
+      background = "#000000";
+      foreground = "#ffffff";
+      font-0 = "DejaVu Sans:size=12;3";
+      font-1 = "feather:size=12;3";
+      modules-left = "launcher workspaces";
+      modules-center = "date popup-calendar";
+      modules-right = "pulseaudio memory cpu updates sysmenu";
+    };
+    settings = {
+      screenchange-reload = false;
+    };
   };
 
   polybar-modules = builtins.readFile ./config/polybar/modules.ini;

modules/shared/default.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
-  emacsOverlaySha256 = "02yxwls39cj02yw03b01hvg6h2fvk9k54adzqgi569mm7ld39rx8";
+  emacsOverlaySha256 = "0pqnl05j86pyvrlqh5kk4sximi749xqgiffq47grw7v98nqd2yin";
 in
 {
 

modules/shared/packages.nix

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ with pkgs;
     libxext
     libxrender
     libxrandr
-    xterm
+    xterm    
 
-  # The Web Browsers
+  # The Web Browsers  
-  brave
+  # maintained by in homebrew
-  firefox
-  #  google-chrome. #stopped working
 
   # security and some such
   # bitwarden-desktop #Does not compile properly
@@ -80,24 +78,19 @@ with pkgs;
   docker-compose
 
   # Media-related packages
-  dejavu_fonts
+
-  emacs-all-the-icons-fonts
   fd
   ffmpeg
-  font-awesome
+ imagemagick
-  #   jetbrains-mono
+ 
-  hack-font
+
-  imagemagick
+
-  meslo-lgs-nf
-  noto-fonts
-  noto-fonts-color-emoji
 
   # Node.js development tools
   #nodePackages.npm # globally install npm
   #nodePackages.prettier
 
   # Text and terminal utilities
-  xterm
 
   htop
   hunspell
@@ -115,6 +108,7 @@ with pkgs;
   # Python packages
   # python3
   virtualenv
+  uv
 
   (python3.withPackages (
     python-pkgs: with python-pkgs; [
@@ -153,7 +147,7 @@ with pkgs;
   ))
 
   # LLM
-  ollama
+  ollama # Launchd definition in hosts/darwin/default.nix
 
   # Social
   pidgin
@@ -229,6 +223,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
 ### Agents from https://github.com/numtide/llm-agents.nix
 
+
+
 ++ (with llm-agents.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}; [
   hermes-desktop
   hermes-hud