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this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
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Thanks, I think I finally got it, but I think I'll need to switch to flakes if I want to be able to install say numpy==1.10.0 instead of latest (is there a way to specify which python package version should be installed in mkShell?)
Does this explanation make sense?
To derive this ephemeral shell...
use a package manager defaulted from nix packages:
{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
Make an ephemeral shell with programs located in the package manager:
pkgs.mkShell {
Define the set of installed packages in the ephemeral shell