···23## How to use Agda
45-Agda can be installed from `agda`:
6-```ShellSession
7-$ nix-env -iA agda
8-```
910-To use Agda with libraries, the `agda.withPackages` function can be used. This function either takes:
00001112* A list of packages,
13* or a function which returns a list of packages when given the `agdaPackages` attribute set,
14* or an attribute set containing a list of packages and a GHC derivation for compilation (see below).
01516For example, suppose we wanted a version of Agda which has access to the standard library. This can be obtained with the expressions:
17···2728or can be called as in the [Compiling Agda](#compiling-agda) section.
2930-If you want to use a library in your home directory (for instance if it is a development version) then typecheck it manually (using `agda.withPackages` if necessary) and then override the `src` attribute of the package to point to your local repository.
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003132-Agda will not by default use these libraries. To tell Agda to use the library we have some options:
3334* Call `agda` with the library flag:
35```ShellSession
···46More information can be found in the [official Agda documentation on library management](https://agda.readthedocs.io/en/v2.6.1/tools/package-system.html).
4748## Compiling Agda
49-Agda modules can be compiled with the `--compile` flag. A version of `ghc` with `ieee754` is made available to the Agda program via the `--with-compiler` flag.
50This can be overridden by a different version of `ghc` as follows:
5152```nix
···65* `libraryName` should be the name that appears in the `*.agda-lib` file, defaulting to `pname`.
66* `libraryFile` should be the file name of the `*.agda-lib` file, defaulting to `${libraryName}.agda-lib`.
6700000000000000068### Building Agda packages
69The default build phase for `agdaPackages.mkDerivation` simply runs `agda` on the `Everything.agda` file.
70If something else is needed to build the package (e.g. `make`) then the `buildPhase` should be overridden.
···80## Adding Agda packages to Nixpkgs
8182To add an Agda package to `nixpkgs`, the derivation should be written to `pkgs/development/libraries/agda/${library-name}/` and an entry should be added to `pkgs/top-level/agda-packages.nix`. Here it is called in a scope with access to all other Agda libraries, so the top line of the `default.nix` can look like:
083```nix
84{ mkDerivation, standard-library, fetchFromGitHub }:
85```
86-and `mkDerivation` should be called instead of `agdaPackages.mkDerivation`. Here is an example skeleton derivation for iowa-stdlib:
000008788```nix
89mkDerivation {
···23## How to use Agda
45+Agda is available as the [agda](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=agda&from=0&size=30&sort=relevance&query=agda)
6+package.
0078+The `agda` package installs an Agda-wrapper, which calls `agda` with `--library-file`
9+set to a generated library-file within the nix store, this means your library-file in
10+`$HOME/.agda/libraries` will be ignored. By default the agda package installs Agda
11+with no libraries, i.e. the generated library-file is empty. To use Agda with libraries,
12+the `agda.withPackages` function can be used. This function either takes:
1314* A list of packages,
15* or a function which returns a list of packages when given the `agdaPackages` attribute set,
16* or an attribute set containing a list of packages and a GHC derivation for compilation (see below).
17+* or an attribute set containing a function which returns a list of packages when given the `agdaPackages` attribute set and a GHC derivation for compilation (see below).
1819For example, suppose we wanted a version of Agda which has access to the standard library. This can be obtained with the expressions:
20···3031or can be called as in the [Compiling Agda](#compiling-agda) section.
3233+If you want to use a different version of a library (for instance a development version)
34+override the `src` attribute of the package to point to your local repository
35+36+```nix
37+agda.withPackages (p: [
38+ (p.standard-library.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
39+ version = "local version";
40+ src = /path/to/local/repo/agda-stdlib;
41+ }))
42+])
43+```
44+45+You can also reference a GitHub repository
46+```nix
47+agda.withPackages (p: [
48+ (p.standard-library.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
49+ version = "1.5";
50+ src = fetchFromGitHub {
51+ repo = "agda-stdlib";
52+ owner = "agda";
53+ rev = "v1.5";
54+ sha256 = "16fcb7ssj6kj687a042afaa2gq48rc8abihpm14k684ncihb2k4w";
55+ };
56+ }))
57+])
58+```
59+60+If you want to use a library not added to Nixpkgs, you can add a
61+dependency to a local library by calling `agdaPackages.mkDerivation`.
62+```nix
63+agda.withPackages (p: [
64+ (p.mkDerivation {
65+ pname = "your-agda-lib";
66+ version = "1.0.0";
67+ src = /path/to/your-agda-lib;
68+ })
69+])
70+```
71+72+Again you can reference GitHub
73+74+```nix
75+agda.withPackages (p: [
76+ (p.mkDerivation {
77+ pname = "your-agda-lib";
78+ version = "1.0.0";
79+ src = fetchFromGitHub {
80+ repo = "repo";
81+ owner = "owner";
82+ version = "...";
83+ rev = "...";
84+ sha256 = "...";
85+ };
86+ })
87+])
88+```
89+90+See [Building Agda Packages](#building-agda-packages) for more information on `mkDerivation`.
9192+Agda will not by default use these libraries. To tell Agda to use a library we have some options:
9394* Call `agda` with the library flag:
95```ShellSession
···106More information can be found in the [official Agda documentation on library management](https://agda.readthedocs.io/en/v2.6.1/tools/package-system.html).
107108## Compiling Agda
109+Agda modules can be compiled using the GHC backend with the `--compile` flag. A version of `ghc` with `ieee754` is made available to the Agda program via the `--with-compiler` flag.
110This can be overridden by a different version of `ghc` as follows:
111112```nix
···125* `libraryName` should be the name that appears in the `*.agda-lib` file, defaulting to `pname`.
126* `libraryFile` should be the file name of the `*.agda-lib` file, defaulting to `${libraryName}.agda-lib`.
127128+Here is an example `default.nix`
129+130+```nix
131+{ nixpkgs ? <nixpkgs> }:
132+with (import nixpkgs {});
133+agdaPackages.mkDerivation {
134+ version = "1.0";
135+ pname = "my-agda-lib";
136+ src = ./.;
137+ buildInputs = [
138+ agdaPackages.standard-library
139+ ];
140+}
141+```
142+143### Building Agda packages
144The default build phase for `agdaPackages.mkDerivation` simply runs `agda` on the `Everything.agda` file.
145If something else is needed to build the package (e.g. `make`) then the `buildPhase` should be overridden.
···155## Adding Agda packages to Nixpkgs
156157To add an Agda package to `nixpkgs`, the derivation should be written to `pkgs/development/libraries/agda/${library-name}/` and an entry should be added to `pkgs/top-level/agda-packages.nix`. Here it is called in a scope with access to all other Agda libraries, so the top line of the `default.nix` can look like:
158+159```nix
160{ mkDerivation, standard-library, fetchFromGitHub }:
161```
162+163+Note that the derivation function is called with `mkDerivation` set to `agdaPackages.mkDerivation`, therefore you
164+could use a similar set as in your `default.nix` from [Writing Agda Packages](#writing-agda-packages) with
165+`agdaPackages.mkDerivation` replaced with `mkDerivation`.
166+167+Here is an example skeleton derivation for iowa-stdlib:
168169```nix
170mkDerivation {