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cursor.nix
{pkgs, ...}: let
pname = "cursor";
version = "0.32.2";
src = pkgs.fetchurl {
# this will break if the version is updated.
# unfortunately, i couldn't seem to find a url that
# points to a specific version.
# alternatively, download the appimage manually and
# include it via src = ./cursor.AppImage, instead of fetchurl
url = "https://download.cursor.sh/linux/appImage/x64";
hash = "sha256-q2aQWMUp6Ay5kThrH/QSAFozz8IRqzySOcsM9Cy/vKo=";
};
appimageContents = pkgs.appimageTools.extract {inherit pname version src;};
in
with pkgs;
appimageTools.wrapType2 {
inherit pname version src;
extraInstallCommands = ''
install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/${pname}.desktop -t $out/share/applications
substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/${pname}.desktop \
--replace 'Exec=AppRun' 'Exec=${pname}'
cp -r ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons $out/share
# unless linked, the binary is placed in $out/bin/cursor-someVersion
ln -s $out/bin/${pname}-${version} $out/bin/${pname}
'';
extraBwrapArgs = [
"--bind-try /etc/nixos/ /etc/nixos/"
];
# vscode likes to kill the parent so that the
# gui application isn't attached to the terminal session
dieWithParent = false;
extraPkgs = pkgs: [
unzip
autoPatchelfHook
asar
# override doesn't preserve splicing https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/132651
(buildPackages.wrapGAppsHook.override {inherit (buildPackages) makeWrapper;})
];
}
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chicken-suop commented Feb 12, 2025 •
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Future readers might find this useful. I was using the code-cursor package, but I wanted to use the latest unstable version only for code-cursor.

I created a /etc/nixos/flake.nix file:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.11";
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixpkgs-unstable, ... }@inputs: {
    nixosConfigurations.nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [ ./configuration.nix ];
      specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
    };
  };
}

Then I updated my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:

{ config, pkgs, inputs, ... }:

let
  unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
    system = "x86_64-linux";
    config.allowUnfree = true;
  };
in {

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    git # Normal packages use 24.11
    unstable.code-cursor # Only code-cursor uses unstable version
  ];

  # ...other settings

  system.stateVersion = "24.11";
}

Then I run this ~/update.sh script to update:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

echo "🚀 Starting system update..."

# Clean up old generations
sudo nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than 14d

# Update flake inputs with explicit directory context
echo "🔄 Updating flake inputs..."
sudo bash -c "cd /etc/nixos && nix flake update"

# Rebuild system
echo "🔨 Rebuilding system..."
sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake "/etc/nixos#nixos" # Change 'nixos' to your hostname

# Update Flatpak
echo "📦 Updating Flatpak..."
flatpak update -y

echo "✅ Update complete!"
notify-send "System Updated" "All updates applied successfully"

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aspauldingcode commented Feb 12, 2025

by the way this is probably depricated now.
In addition, I've added support for cursor for aarch64-linux, and both darwin architectures to mainline nixpkgs, pending merge PR: NixOS/nixpkgs#374944

This pr has merged and code-cursor package now supports macOS and arch64 linux.

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