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I've tried just about every type of setup I can find for a nix shell with python.

I don't want to purely use nixpkgs for a lack of some packages and broken packages. I'm trying to use pyside6, but not everything in pyside6 is provided by the package, e.g. tools like uic.

Attempting to use a venv as normal leads to a disconnect between the env and system with libstdc++.so.6 unable to be found. There are a various different flakes I've tried to use like the-nix-way/dev-templates#python and others from forum discussions which add stdenv.cc.cc.lib to no avail.

I think the farthest I've gotten is with poetry/poetry2nix, where auto-patchelf warns about missing libQt6 libraries. Running with nix run fails to 'find all the required dependencies' even when adding qt6.qtbase or qt6.full to the packages. This is that flake, taken from the poetry2nix github with an added devshell:

{
  description = "Python application packaged using poetry2nix";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    poetry2nix.url = "github:nix-community/poetry2nix";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, poetry2nix }:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";  # Adjust for your system
      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
      inherit (poetry2nix.lib.mkPoetry2Nix { inherit pkgs; }) mkPoetryApplication;
    in {
      packages.${system}.default = mkPoetryApplication {
        projectDir = ./.;
      };

      apps.${system}.default = {
        type = "app";
        program = "${self.packages.${system}.default}/bin/app";
      };

      devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
        packages = [ pkgs.poetry ];
        buildInputs = [ pkgs.qt6.qtbase pkgs.qt6.full pkgs.qt6.wrapQtAppsHook ];
      };
    };
}

It seems kind of hopeless to get it working on NixOS. Does anyone have a working setup I could use for inspiration, or any other tips? I love the nix paradigm, but I'm honestly considering distrohopping with all of the trouble.

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[–] doostee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Poetry2nix is your best bet imo, and read through this doc carefully https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix/blob/master/docs/edgecases.md. The option with pypkgs-build-requirements was how i managed to build a mid-sized django project successfully. For IDE i have a devshell set up that pulls in a configured nvim with a python LSP, formatter, debugger,... Works fine for small scripts but i would just use Pycharm in your devshell if you're on a graphical machine and then also use nix to pull in python with packages. If you use venv i think you will need to also use https://github.com/Mic92/nix-ld