Run Frink on NixOS without much hassle.

To start a CLI session:

$ nix run github:r-k-b/frink-nix

To start a GUI session:

$ nix run github:r-k-b/frink-nix -- --gui

To calculate something and exit:

$ nix run github:r-k-b/frink-nix -- -e "78 yards -> feet"

See RunningFrink for more options.

To update Frink, run ./update.sh. The file LAST-UPDATED indicates when this was last run.

To update the other inputs to this flake, such as nixpkgs, run nix flake update.

I'd rather not keep a copy of Frink's files in this repo, but there doesn't seem to be any permanent url for a given version of Frink.

It's not in package repos like Ubuntu, Snapcraft, or Arch, anyway.

Should the installPhase use makeWrapper? Something like https://git.marvid.fr/scolobb/nix-GINsim/src/commit/d7147baefccad2e6643fadc3600b76e8dbd2d67a/ginsim.nix?

Hillel Wayne's post The Frink is Good, the Unit is Evil

If you want to learn more about how evil units are, check out Bill Kent’s Measurement Data Report.

• From the same article.