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# How to configure NixOS-WSL with flakes

First add a `nixos-wsl` input, then add `nixos-wsl.nixosModules.default` to your nixos configuration.
First add a `nixos-wsl` input, then add `nixos-wsl.nixosModules.default` to your nixos configuration in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`.

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This is for flakes, no? I'm moving from macOS to Windows and thus nix-darwin to NixOS-WSL, and this was very confusing. You can build from anywhere with flakes, although the wiki informs me that

By default, nixos-rebuild switch will read its configuration from /etc/nixos/flake.nix if it is present.

(TIL!)


Below is a minimal `flake.nix` for you to get started:

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