DeterminateSystems
/nix/determinate/post-build-hook.sh does not exist
I was trying to use home-manager after installing nix with determinate nix-installer and I got this error when switching home-manager profile.
I did try it on different musl-based systems(Alpine, Gentoo and Void), still getting the same error.
How did you install Nix (i.e. what flags, if any, did you pass to the installer)?
What version are you using?
Are there any errors in the logs of nix-daemon.service (journalctl -eu nix-daemon.service)?
How did you install Nix (i.e. what flags, if any, did you pass to the installer)?
What version are you using?
Are there any errors in the logs of
nix-daemon.service(journalctl -eu nix-daemon.service)?
I was using the latest version(0.36.4 if I'm correct) and passed install Linux --init none as parameters for the installer. I did not use the systemd service because all the distributions I used were RC based (RC, OpenRC) and I wrote custom services with nix-daemon.
That's interesting, because the post-build-hook setting should only be configured if you passed the --determinate flag during installation. Can you confirm whether or not you did that (or maybe did that in the past)?
If you did indeed pass that flag and do still want Determinate Nix, you'll want to write a custom service that executes determinate-nixd, which handles starting the nix-daemon itself. Part of its startup process is creating that post-build-hook.sh file. You can use the systemd unit for reference in this case.
If you did not intend to install Determinate Nix, then you can freely remove that setting from nix.conf, which should fix the issue you're seeing.
That's interesting, because the
post-build-hooksetting should only be configured if you passed the--determinateflag during installation. Can you confirm whether or not you did that (or maybe did that in the past)?
I didn't use the --determinate flag, though I got both nix and determinate-nixd, so maybe that's the cause for not having post-build-hook.
If you did indeed pass that flag and do still want Determinate Nix, you'll want to write a custom service that executes determinate-nixd, which handles starting the
nix-daemonitself. Part of its startup process is creating thatpost-build-hook.shfile. You can use the systemd unit for reference in this case.
I did write a custom service that executed nix-daemon --daemon according to this guide
I also have this problem. I installed with:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | \
sh -s -- install --determinate
Running the following results in this error:
nix profile install github:guibou/nixGL --impure
error:
… while evaluating the attribute 'auto.nixGLDefault'
at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:7:
242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic.
243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then
| ^
244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia
… while evaluating a branch condition
at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:22:
242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic.
243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then
| ^
244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia
(stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)
error: program '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh' failed with exit code 1
There is no determinate directory in /nix/var:
ls -l /nix/var
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 6 Feb 27 09:15 log
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 108 Feb 27 09:15 nix
The nix-daemon is running:
sudo systemctl status nix-daemon
● nix-daemon.service - Nix Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service; linked; preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf, 50-keep-warm.conf
Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-02-27 09:16:14 CET; 4min 35s ago
Invocation: e64b8c9c9b8340eba3a8139074879835
TriggeredBy: ● nix-daemon.socket
Docs: man:nix-daemon
https://nixos.org/manual
Main PID: 13607 (nix-daemon)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 1048576)
Memory: 1.9G (peak: 1.9G)
CPU: 23.627s
CGroup: /system.slice/nix-daemon.service
└─13607 nix-daemon --daemon
Feb 27 09:16:14 bluefin systemd[1]: Started nix-daemon.service - Nix Daemon.
Feb 27 09:16:14 bluefin nix-daemon[13607]: accepted connection from pid 13604, user tanc
Feb 27 09:16:52 bluefin nix-daemon[13607]: accepted connection from pid 14772, user tanc
Any ideas?
determinate-nixd is installed, trying to upgrade it results in:
sudo determinate-nixd upgrade
upgrading Nix in profile "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"
querying latest Nix version...
downloading '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2'......
copying path '/nix/store/xqk8b9ay8vsh28s4dn6j8x603ymjz55m-nix-manual-2.26.2-man' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
verifying that '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' works......
installing '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' into profile "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"......
replacing old 'nix-2.26.2'
installing 'nix-2.26.2'
building '/nix/store/sacsngmhlj19a2cf3ca9aq3zm8858sxm-user-environment.drv'...
post-build-hook: error: executing '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh': No such file or directory
error: program '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh' failed with exit code 1
error: program '/nix/store/ni2gvlli2qliadpdinvqvarf89jyi291-nix-2.26.2/bin/nix-env' failed with exit code 1
Error: Nix upgrade command `"/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix" "upgrade-nix" "--verbose" "--nix-store-paths-url" "https://install.determinate.systems/nix-upgrade/stable/universal" "--profile" "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"` failed, code: Some(1)
Location:
src/command/upgrade.rs:80:13
This is my first time trying to use nix and the determinate version so I'm fairly confused.
determinate-nixdis installed, trying to upgrade it results in:sudo determinate-nixd upgrade upgrading Nix in profile "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default" querying latest Nix version... downloading '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2'...... copying path '/nix/store/xqk8b9ay8vsh28s4dn6j8x603ymjz55m-nix-manual-2.26.2-man' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'... copying path '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'... verifying that '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' works...... installing '/nix/store/3smvdkzf2pdc85m5k5qljfsbdcpp0c0f-nix-2.26.2' into profile "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"...... replacing old 'nix-2.26.2' installing 'nix-2.26.2' building '/nix/store/sacsngmhlj19a2cf3ca9aq3zm8858sxm-user-environment.drv'... post-build-hook: error: executing '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh': No such file or directory error: program '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh' failed with exit code 1 error: program '/nix/store/ni2gvlli2qliadpdinvqvarf89jyi291-nix-2.26.2/bin/nix-env' failed with exit code 1 Error: Nix upgrade command `"/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix" "upgrade-nix" "--verbose" "--nix-store-paths-url" "https://install.determinate.systems/nix-upgrade/stable/universal" "--profile" "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"` failed, code: Some(1) Location: src/command/upgrade.rs:80:13This is my first time trying to use
nixand the determinate version so I'm fairly confused.
What distribution and libc do you use?
Distro: Bluefin (Version: 41.20250223.1 / FROM Fedora Silverblue 41) libc: ldd (GNU libc) 2.40
Distro: Bluefin (Version: 41.20250223.1 / FROM Fedora Silverblue 41) libc: ldd (GNU libc) 2.40
Never heard of it. Does it use systemd or another service manager like OpenRC?
Its a variant of Fedora Silverblue which is a well know distro. It uses systemd and has an immutable filesystem. See https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/
It uses systemd and has an immutable filesystem.
That's interesting, because I thought that the problem existed due to me using anything but systemd with determinate-nixd.
Did you try to run determinate-nixd init? It should mount /nix/var/determinate
➜ determinate-nixd init
~ …
➜ nix profile install github:guibou/nixGL --impure
error:
… while evaluating the attribute 'auto.nixGLDefault'
at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:7:
242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic.
243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then
| ^
244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia
… while evaluating a branch condition
at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:22:
242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic.
243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then
| ^
244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia
(stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)
error: program '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh' failed with exit code 1
Unfortunately the same issue.
~ …
➜ ls -la /nix/var
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 12 Feb 27 09:15 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 66 Feb 27 09:15 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 6 Feb 27 09:15 log
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 108 Feb 27 09:15 nix
➜ determinate-nixd init ~ … ➜ nix profile install github:guibou/nixGL --impure error: … while evaluating the attribute 'auto.nixGLDefault' at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:7: 242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic. 243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then | ^ 244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia … while evaluating a branch condition at /nix/store/wnf3rly6jbw4ywqhzgn0vl6lk8hwgkg3-source/nixGL.nix:243:22: 242| # nixGLNvidia or nixGLIntel using an heuristic. 243| nixGLDefault = if nvidiaVersionAuto != null then | ^ 244| nixGLCommon autoNvidia.nixGLNvidia (stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace) error: program '/nix/var/determinate/post-build-hook.sh' failed with exit code 1Unfortunately the same issue.
~ … ➜ ls -la /nix/var total 0 drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 12 Feb 27 09:15 . drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 66 Feb 27 09:15 .. drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 6 Feb 27 09:15 log drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 108 Feb 27 09:15 nix
Well, I can't help but suggest to uninstall determinate-nix and install nix from the official NixOS installer, nix will work this way (at least it worked for me).
I tried uninstalling and then installing nix but:
➜ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
100 4267 100 4267 0 0 1802 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 11819
downloading Nix 2.26.2 binary tarball for x86_64-linux from 'https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.26.2/nix-2.26.2-x86_64-linux.tar.xz' to '/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.Zjqv4U6JNf'...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 22.6M 100 22.6M 0 0 3130k 0 0:00:07 0:00:07 --:--:-- 4420k
Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/installing-binary.html#multi-user-installation
Switching to the Multi-user Installer
---- oh no! --------------------------------------------------------------------
Nix does not work with selinux enabled yet!
see https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2374
I guess I'll give up on nix for a while
---- oh no! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nix does not work with selinux enabled yet! see https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2374
Well, now that makes sense. Then yea, unfortunately nix is not available for you.