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		jml7c5 on March 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nix journey part 0: Learning and reference materia... Are you using flakes? AFAIK `command-not-found` does not work with them. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/171054 and https://discourse.nixos.org/t/why-isnt-there-an-official-bui... `nix-index` is a flake-compatible alternative: https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index

colordrops on March 2, 2023 [–]

I am using flakes, and now I know why `command-not-found` doesn't work, thank you.

pxc on March 2, 2023 | [–]

You can make it work again! It's a one-liner in configuration.nix. Solutions and alternatives were covered in detail in a recent Discourse thread: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/which-package-provides-ifconfi...

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