# \#closed

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## [Release Announcement v0.9.0 (February 15 2024)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-9-0-february-15-2024/827)

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**Author:** [@ghudgins](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/ghudgins)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-9-0-february-15-2024/827 "2024-02-16T16:18:37Z")

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Hello everyone! A new release of Flox is now available. v0.9.0 introduces breaking changes over v0.3.6 and prior and is a big step towards our v1.0.0 release and general availability. Read more about the release in the…

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## [Breaking changes in flox post 0.3.6 - October 2023](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/breaking-changes-in-flox-post-0-3-6-october-2023/813)

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**Author:** [@ghudgins](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/ghudgins)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/breaking-changes-in-flox-post-0-3-6-october-2023/813 "2024-01-11T19:27:37Z")

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Hi everyone, as promised :sweat\_smile:, we are more aggressively making improvements to flox. 3 updates to share: 1/ for those using, theflox/prerelease to get upgrades, it may stop finding upgrades to auto install. Thi…

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## [Is ssh github to flox/flox hardcoded value?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-ssh-github-to-flox-flox-hardcoded-value/818)

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**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-ssh-github-to-flox-flox-hardcoded-value/818 "2023-11-02T11:46:52Z")

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It seems after the upgrade to newest version, my flox broke with requirement for ssh key to flox/flox.

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## [Suggestions for Flox/Nix newbies](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/suggestions-for-flox-nix-newbies/776)

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**Author:** [@Cameron\_Joyner](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Cameron_Joyner)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/suggestions-for-flox-nix-newbies/776 "2023-11-01T10:47:31Z")

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Hi there! I’m pretty new to Nix and am excited to have found Flox. My suggestion/request is that this discourse site could have a section for people like me with a few curated posts and answers from the community to help…

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## [Release Announcement v0.3.6 (October 27 2023)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-6-october-27-2023/816)

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**Author:** [@ghudgins](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/ghudgins)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-6-october-27-2023/816 "2023-10-27T19:50:55Z")

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Hi everyone! A new release is now available. v0.3.6 introduces some changes including some bug fixes and feature refinements. Check out the release notes here for more details, and upgrade via your preferred package m…

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## [Release Announcement v0.3.5 (October 12 2023)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-5-october-12-2023/809)

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**Author:** [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-5-october-12-2023/809 "2023-10-16T17:33:53Z")

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Hi everyone! A new release is now available. v0.3.5 introduces some changes including some bug fixes and feature refinements. Check out the release notes here for more details, and upgrade via your preferred package m…

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## [What is/will be relation of Flox to Home Manager?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/what-is-will-be-relation-of-flox-to-home-manager/808)

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**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/what-is-will-be-relation-of-flox-to-home-manager/808 "2023-10-14T21:39:37Z")

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I want to switch from Chezmoi and try HomeManager. I installed it in standalone mode without problems and the switch works, creating files (this is what I tried so far). I don’t think I should install packages with it as…

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## [Flox containerize stops working after flox edit](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-containerize-stops-working-after-flox-edit/805)

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**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-containerize-stops-working-after-flox-edit/805 "2023-10-12T18:57:48Z")

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Flox edit creates new generation but it is not created in /nix/store/\*-source folder. This confuses a flox containerize that cannot find new generation folder.

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## [Publishing a package](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/publishing-a-package/799)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/publishing-a-package/799 "2023-10-02T17:10:55Z")

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Hi, I was trying to publish a package with a recent version of flox. I can see that publish is still considered experimental but I am lacking a bit of information from the documentation. flox publish requires a cache …

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## [Release Announcement v0.3.4 (September 28 2023)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-4-september-28-2023/801)

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**Author:** [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-3-4-september-28-2023/801 "2023-09-29T00:39:03Z")

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Hi everyone! A new release is now available. v0.3.4 introduces several improvements including many bug fixes and feature refinements. Check out the release notes here for more details, and upgrade via your preferred p…

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## [Rust-env-demo error](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/rust-env-demo-error/755)

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**Author:** [@xytras](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/xytras)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/rust-env-demo-error/755 "2023-09-15T20:31:02Z")

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Hi. I’m a very novice user to flox and nix. I’m running Debian 12 Bookwork fresh install and just installed Flox per Flox docs. While trying to do the “flox in 5 minutes” demo I get the following error when running Cargo…

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## [Stability missing from flox search?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/stability-missing-from-flox-search/763)

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**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/stability-missing-from-flox-search/763 "2023-08-10T21:34:15Z")

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I was not understanding why flox upgrade did not bump a version of yq-go to newest that has some nice patches. I used flox search -l yq-go to see if new version is available and it was. But it seems by default packages a…

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## [Has anyone tried to install docker using flox?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/has-anyone-tried-to-install-docker-using-flox/697)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/has-anyone-tried-to-install-docker-using-flox/697 "2023-03-22T22:16:12Z")

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I just tried to install docker + docker-machine using flox but then got stuck at finding a working driver for MacOS M1. So I resorted to an installer on the Docker website. Has anyone attempted a flox-only install? How …

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## [Nix/Flox way to replace ansible](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/nix-flox-way-to-replace-ansible/768)

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**Author:** [@countoren](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/countoren)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/nix-flox-way-to-replace-ansible/768 "2023-07-12T19:27:06Z")

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Hi All, I have issue which I would like to get some point of view of follow Nixers, I am incharge right now on project that is sensitive situation (things needs to get fixed as soon as possible) the project it self is …

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## [Is there native approach to \`flox nix store gc\`?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-there-native-approach-to-flox-nix-store-gc/743)

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**Author:** [@anon59756714](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/anon59756714)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-there-native-approach-to-flox-nix-store-gc/743 "2023-05-11T18:45:53Z")

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I wanted to free up some space and ran this command. It “cleaned up” over 50% of space so maybe it did free up something more than needed (older generations?) but so far I do not see issues. I am happy with current gener…

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## [Does Flox allow for using multiple arbitrary independent package versions while not introducing the need to download a separate version of nixpkgs for each package?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/does-flox-allow-for-using-multiple-arbitrary-independent-package-versions-while-not-introducing-the-need-to-download-a-separate-version-of-nixpkgs-for-each-package/737)

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**Author:** [@hab25](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/hab25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/does-flox-allow-for-using-multiple-arbitrary-independent-package-versions-while-not-introducing-the-need-to-download-a-separate-version-of-nixpkgs-for-each-package/737 "2023-05-01T19:51:38Z")

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I saw that Flox offers multiple versions of the same package, so I’m wondering: can it solve the problem described in Question about using multiple nixpkgs pinned versions in automation and consequent bloat - Help - NixO…

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## [Flox isn't setting environment variables in project environments](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-isnt-setting-environment-variables-in-project-environments/720)

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**Author:** [@superbird](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/superbird)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-isnt-setting-environment-variables-in-project-environments/720 "2023-04-18T16:07:00Z")

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Flox doesn’t set environment variables I declare in a project-level flox.nix. Here’s my customized flox.nix after running flox init --template project: # Set environment variables environmentVariables.LANG = "en\_US.…

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## [Can't activate with direnv on MacOS](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/cant-activate-with-direnv-on-macos/693)

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**Author:** [@malagant](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/malagant)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/cant-activate-with-direnv-on-macos/693 "2023-04-13T17:28:55Z")

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Activation doesn’t work with direnv on MacOS. I have an environment malagant/shop with an .envrc file in the project directory. When cd into the directory direnv reports direnv: loading ~/projects/detox/sources/worktre…

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## [Need help diagnosing the error I got from first install attempt](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/need-help-diagnosing-the-error-i-got-from-first-install-attempt/703)

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**Author:** [@qrKourier](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/qrKourier)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/need-help-diagnosing-the-error-i-got-from-first-install-attempt/703 "2023-03-30T21:04:46Z")

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The floxmeta private repo was created alright, though I wasn’t expecting flox to run the gh CLI on my behalf as a newcomer. I expect that’s covered in a user manual I haven’t read yet. I think Git is trying to insist on…

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## [Flox info \<packageName\>](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711)

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**Author:** [@yurtaev](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/yurtaev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-info-packagename/711 "2023-03-30T20:58:10Z")

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Hi. I’m very excited to use flox instead of homebrew. I like to use the command brew info to get information about package dependencies, link to homepage/recipe etc… ➜ ~ brew info ripgrep ==\> ripgrep: stable 13.0.0 (bo…

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## [Release Announcement v0.1.2 (March 24 2023)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-1-2-march-24-2023/704)

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**Author:** [@jurraca](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/jurraca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/release-announcement-v0-1-2-march-24-2023/704 "2023-03-25T00:46:40Z")

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Hi everyone, a new release is available! v0.1.2 introduces the ability to declare a project environment via a top-level flox.nix file (docs), amongst other improvements. Check out the release notes here for more detail…

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## [Is it possible to import just a subset of packages from one environment to another?](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-it-possible-to-import-just-a-subset-of-packages-from-one-environment-to-another/624)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/is-it-possible-to-import-just-a-subset-of-packages-from-one-environment-to-another/624 "2023-03-07T08:43:18Z")

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I think that the answer is that, in order to do this, I need to know on which channel(s) those packages have been published then install them to the other environment. So maybe the question comes down to: for a given en…

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## [Publishing my first Haskell executable](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/publishing-my-first-haskell-executable/477)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/publishing-my-first-haskell-executable/477 "2023-03-03T16:10:15Z")

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I am attempting to wander into deeper waters now. I have forked a Haskell executable called cmt: GitHub - etorreborre/cmt: Write consistent git commit messages based on a custom template I have called flox init I hav…

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## [Flox develop --help brings the nix help](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-develop-help-brings-the-nix-help/451)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-develop-help-brings-the-nix-help/451 "2023-03-03T11:37:18Z")

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This is a small usability issue but I found weird that flox develop --help would bring the nix help and not the flox one.

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## [Starting a package as a service on MacOs](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/starting-a-package-as-a-service-on-macos/669)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/starting-a-package-as-a-service-on-macos/669 "2023-02-25T17:55:07Z")

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Hi, I realize that my question is a bit far from flox, but this is still a result of not using brew nor NixOS. I was able to install the yubikey-agent package to give access to my new yubikey. However I can’t find how …

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## [$HOME not writeable error, but it is actually writable](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/home-not-writeable-error-but-it-is-actually-writable/634)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Stahnke](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Michael_Stahnke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/home-not-writeable-error-but-it-is-actually-writable/634 "2023-02-02T10:33:12Z")

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I’m using Fedora 37. Installation from the rpm appears to go ok (but 32 new users seems excessive). Anyway, when attempting flox activate it says $HOME is not writable. That is not the case. \[0\] stahnma@giga ~\> rpm -qp …

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## [Losing my aliases on \`flox develop\`](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/losing-my-aliases-on-flox-develop/627)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/losing-my-aliases-on-flox-develop/627 "2023-01-28T12:55:23Z")

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When I start flox develop in a given project I am currently losing the aliases which were instantiated with my .zshrc setup. In particular I have quite a lot of git shortcuts which I use all the time. Is there a hook on f…

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## ["File exists" errors](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/file-exists-errors/543)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/file-exists-errors/543 "2022-12-06T10:55:18Z")

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When I use flox build I often get errors like this ± flox build --fallback …

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## [Add an optional description for an environment](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/add-an-optional-description-for-an-environment/507)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/add-an-optional-description-for-an-environment/507 "2022-11-21T20:13:24Z")

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It could be nice to have an optional description associated to an environment in order to describe what is is intended for. Then this can be displayed when running flox environments.

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## [Environment activation](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/environment-activation/455)

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**Author:** [@etorreborre](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/etorreborre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/environment-activation/455 "2022-11-03T11:38:20Z")

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Something does not seem to work for me: ~/projects/rust/edits on main ± flox environments etorreborre/default Alias default System x86\_64-darwin Path /Users/etorreborre/.local/share/flox/environm…

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