Could not find module ‘XMonad’

I have a fresh NixOS installation, and I want to use my custom XMonad configuration. However, I'm getting the following error:

$ xmonad --recompile

XMonad will use ghc to recompile, because "/home/amy/.xmonad/build" does not exist.

Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/amy/.xmonad/xmonad.hs



xmonad.hs:1:1: error:

    Could not find module ‘XMonad’

    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

  |

1 | import XMonad

  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here are the relevant parts of my configuration.nix:

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:

  # $ nix search wget

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

    bash

    dmenu2

    dzen2

    emacs

    firefox

    gitAndTools.gitFull

    haskellPackages.xmonad

    haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

    haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

    gcc

    ghc

    stack

    x11

    xmonad-with-packages

    xorg.libX11

    xsel

    wget

  ];



  . . .



  services.xserver = {

    enable = true;

    layout = "ie";

    windowManager.xmonad = {

      enable = true;

      enableContribAndExtras = true;

      extraPackages = haskellPackages: [

        haskellPackages.xmonad

        haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

        haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

      ];

    };

  };

#  windowManager.default = "xmonad";

I have read NixOS beginner: xmonad and haskellmode in NixOS 14.04, but I already have windowManager.xmonad.enableContribAndExtras = true; in my configuration.nix.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I am on NixOS, but I am not using Nix to build my XMonad configuration. I am doing things the ordinary XMonad way: I have a .xmonad directory with my configuration in xmonad.hs, and I am running xmonad --recompile to build it.

EDIT: When I look for the relevant packages as root, I find them.

# nix-env -q

xmonad-0.14.2

xmonad-contrib-0.14

xmonad-extras-0.14

But as an ordinary user, the following command returns nothing.

$ nix-env -q

How do I make these packages visible to a non-root account?

EDIT: Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times.

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

Could you include the output of ghc-pkg list? It probably won't show XMonad. You probably need to add ghc with packages as described in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/47377748/…

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:10

I think the way XMonad is packaged on Nixos is really convoluted. If you build it independently it's a lot easier to understand imo. I followed this guide: functor.tokyo/blog/2018-02-16-setup-xmonad-on-nixos

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:13

@ChrisStryczynski thank you for your suggestions; I learned a lot from them. Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times. But if you'd like to turn your comments into an answer, I'll happily accept it.

– mhwombat
Nov 27 '18 at 10:08

No worries glad to hear it's working. Possibly it was recompiling the old config / executable somehow.

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 27 '18 at 21:13

1

As an aside, nix-env -q only shows packages installed into that profile. So nix-env -q as a user won't show you programs that root installed using nix-env -i even though those programs in your $PATH, and even root won't see packages that are were installed via environment.systemPackages.

– Teo Klestrup Röijezon
Dec 13 '18 at 20:38

add a comment |

I have a fresh NixOS installation, and I want to use my custom XMonad configuration. However, I'm getting the following error:

$ xmonad --recompile

XMonad will use ghc to recompile, because "/home/amy/.xmonad/build" does not exist.

Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/amy/.xmonad/xmonad.hs



xmonad.hs:1:1: error:

    Could not find module ‘XMonad’

    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

  |

1 | import XMonad

  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here are the relevant parts of my configuration.nix:

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:

  # $ nix search wget

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

    bash

    dmenu2

    dzen2

    emacs

    firefox

    gitAndTools.gitFull

    haskellPackages.xmonad

    haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

    haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

    gcc

    ghc

    stack

    x11

    xmonad-with-packages

    xorg.libX11

    xsel

    wget

  ];



  . . .



  services.xserver = {

    enable = true;

    layout = "ie";

    windowManager.xmonad = {

      enable = true;

      enableContribAndExtras = true;

      extraPackages = haskellPackages: [

        haskellPackages.xmonad

        haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

        haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

      ];

    };

  };

#  windowManager.default = "xmonad";

I have read NixOS beginner: xmonad and haskellmode in NixOS 14.04, but I already have windowManager.xmonad.enableContribAndExtras = true; in my configuration.nix.

EDIT: When I look for the relevant packages as root, I find them.

# nix-env -q

xmonad-0.14.2

xmonad-contrib-0.14

xmonad-extras-0.14

But as an ordinary user, the following command returns nothing.

$ nix-env -q

How do I make these packages visible to a non-root account?

EDIT: Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times.

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

Could you include the output of ghc-pkg list? It probably won't show XMonad. You probably need to add ghc with packages as described in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/47377748/…

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:10

I think the way XMonad is packaged on Nixos is really convoluted. If you build it independently it's a lot easier to understand imo. I followed this guide: functor.tokyo/blog/2018-02-16-setup-xmonad-on-nixos

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:13

@ChrisStryczynski thank you for your suggestions; I learned a lot from them. Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times. But if you'd like to turn your comments into an answer, I'll happily accept it.

– mhwombat
Nov 27 '18 at 10:08

No worries glad to hear it's working. Possibly it was recompiling the old config / executable somehow.

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 27 '18 at 21:13

1

As an aside, nix-env -q only shows packages installed into that profile. So nix-env -q as a user won't show you programs that root installed using nix-env -i even though those programs in your $PATH, and even root won't see packages that are were installed via environment.systemPackages.

– Teo Klestrup Röijezon
Dec 13 '18 at 20:38

add a comment |

I have a fresh NixOS installation, and I want to use my custom XMonad configuration. However, I'm getting the following error:

$ xmonad --recompile

XMonad will use ghc to recompile, because "/home/amy/.xmonad/build" does not exist.

Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/amy/.xmonad/xmonad.hs



xmonad.hs:1:1: error:

    Could not find module ‘XMonad’

    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

  |

1 | import XMonad

  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here are the relevant parts of my configuration.nix:

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:

  # $ nix search wget

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

    bash

    dmenu2

    dzen2

    emacs

    firefox

    gitAndTools.gitFull

    haskellPackages.xmonad

    haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

    haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

    gcc

    ghc

    stack

    x11

    xmonad-with-packages

    xorg.libX11

    xsel

    wget

  ];



  . . .



  services.xserver = {

    enable = true;

    layout = "ie";

    windowManager.xmonad = {

      enable = true;

      enableContribAndExtras = true;

      extraPackages = haskellPackages: [

        haskellPackages.xmonad

        haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

        haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

      ];

    };

  };

#  windowManager.default = "xmonad";

I have read NixOS beginner: xmonad and haskellmode in NixOS 14.04, but I already have windowManager.xmonad.enableContribAndExtras = true; in my configuration.nix.

EDIT: When I look for the relevant packages as root, I find them.

# nix-env -q

xmonad-0.14.2

xmonad-contrib-0.14

xmonad-extras-0.14

But as an ordinary user, the following command returns nothing.

$ nix-env -q

How do I make these packages visible to a non-root account?

EDIT: Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times.

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

I have a fresh NixOS installation, and I want to use my custom XMonad configuration. However, I'm getting the following error:

$ xmonad --recompile

XMonad will use ghc to recompile, because "/home/amy/.xmonad/build" does not exist.

Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: /home/amy/.xmonad/xmonad.hs



xmonad.hs:1:1: error:

    Could not find module ‘XMonad’

    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

  |

1 | import XMonad

  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here are the relevant parts of my configuration.nix:

  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:

  # $ nix search wget

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

    bash

    dmenu2

    dzen2

    emacs

    firefox

    gitAndTools.gitFull

    haskellPackages.xmonad

    haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

    haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

    gcc

    ghc

    stack

    x11

    xmonad-with-packages

    xorg.libX11

    xsel

    wget

  ];



  . . .



  services.xserver = {

    enable = true;

    layout = "ie";

    windowManager.xmonad = {

      enable = true;

      enableContribAndExtras = true;

      extraPackages = haskellPackages: [

        haskellPackages.xmonad

        haskellPackages.xmonad-contrib

        haskellPackages.xmonad-extras

      ];

    };

  };

#  windowManager.default = "xmonad";

I have read NixOS beginner: xmonad and haskellmode in NixOS 14.04, but I already have windowManager.xmonad.enableContribAndExtras = true; in my configuration.nix.

EDIT: When I look for the relevant packages as root, I find them.

# nix-env -q

xmonad-0.14.2

xmonad-contrib-0.14

xmonad-extras-0.14

But as an ordinary user, the following command returns nothing.

$ nix-env -q

How do I make these packages visible to a non-root account?

EDIT: Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times.

nixos xmonad

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

edited Nov 27 '18 at 10:09

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

asked Nov 22 '18 at 12:48

mhwombat

6,2481443

Could you include the output of ghc-pkg list? It probably won't show XMonad. You probably need to add ghc with packages as described in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/47377748/…

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:10

I think the way XMonad is packaged on Nixos is really convoluted. If you build it independently it's a lot easier to understand imo. I followed this guide: functor.tokyo/blog/2018-02-16-setup-xmonad-on-nixos

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:13

@ChrisStryczynski thank you for your suggestions; I learned a lot from them. Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times. But if you'd like to turn your comments into an answer, I'll happily accept it.

– mhwombat
Nov 27 '18 at 10:08

No worries glad to hear it's working. Possibly it was recompiling the old config / executable somehow.

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 27 '18 at 21:13

1

As an aside, nix-env -q only shows packages installed into that profile. So nix-env -q as a user won't show you programs that root installed using nix-env -i even though those programs in your $PATH, and even root won't see packages that are were installed via environment.systemPackages.

– Teo Klestrup Röijezon
Dec 13 '18 at 20:38

add a comment |

Could you include the output of ghc-pkg list? It probably won't show XMonad. You probably need to add ghc with packages as described in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/47377748/…

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:10

I think the way XMonad is packaged on Nixos is really convoluted. If you build it independently it's a lot easier to understand imo. I followed this guide: functor.tokyo/blog/2018-02-16-setup-xmonad-on-nixos

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:13

@ChrisStryczynski thank you for your suggestions; I learned a lot from them. Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times. But if you'd like to turn your comments into an answer, I'll happily accept it.

– mhwombat
Nov 27 '18 at 10:08

No worries glad to hear it's working. Possibly it was recompiling the old config / executable somehow.

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 27 '18 at 21:13

1

As an aside, nix-env -q only shows packages installed into that profile. So nix-env -q as a user won't show you programs that root installed using nix-env -i even though those programs in your $PATH, and even root won't see packages that are were installed via environment.systemPackages.

– Teo Klestrup Röijezon
Dec 13 '18 at 20:38

Could you include the output of ghc-pkg list? It probably won't show XMonad. You probably need to add ghc with packages as described in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/47377748/…

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:10

I think the way XMonad is packaged on Nixos is really convoluted. If you build it independently it's a lot easier to understand imo. I followed this guide: functor.tokyo/blog/2018-02-16-setup-xmonad-on-nixos

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 23 '18 at 15:13

@ChrisStryczynski thank you for your suggestions; I learned a lot from them. Strangely, when I rebooted, XMonad magically worked, compiling my configuration without problems. I don't know why rebooting helped, because I'd done nixos-rebuild switch several times. But if you'd like to turn your comments into an answer, I'll happily accept it.

– mhwombat
Nov 27 '18 at 10:08

No worries glad to hear it's working. Possibly it was recompiling the old config / executable somehow.

– Chris Stryczynski
Nov 27 '18 at 21:13

As an aside, nix-env -q only shows packages installed into that profile. So nix-env -q as a user won't show you programs that root installed using nix-env -i even though those programs in your $PATH, and even root won't see packages that are were installed via environment.systemPackages.

– Teo Klestrup Röijezon
Dec 13 '18 at 20:38

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