feat(pkgs): add Claude Desktop (official Linux beta, repackaged .deb)#19
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Anthropic shipped an official Claude Desktop Linux beta (2026) as a .deb + apt repo only — no nixpkgs package. Repackage the OFFICIAL .deb (not the community Windows-build wrap) in pkgs/claude-desktop/: - dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile | tar (drops chrome-sandbox's setuid, which the Nix sandbox forbids and the store can't hold anyway) - autoPatchelfHook fixes the bundled Electron/Chromium interpreter + rpaths (incl. libseccomp/libcap_ng for the bundled virtiofsd Cowork helper) - makeWrapper: gappsWrapperArgs (GTK), node/uv on PATH so MCP npx/uvx resolve, --disable-setuid-sandbox (keeps the userns sandbox; NixOS enables unprivileged userns by default), and Ozone Wayland flags. Wired via pkgs.callPackage in modules/packages/ai.nix; unfree already allowed. Pinned to 1.17377.2; bump version + src.hash per release (apt Packages index) — the Linux app doesn't self-update, so a pinned Nix install is safe. Verified: package builds; ELF interpreter patched; wrapper carries the flags; headless launch clears the SUID-sandbox stage; toplevel builds with claude-desktop in the closure. PRD §11.9 + TODO updated. Caveats: Niri has no tray (SNI icon needs a tray host); Code tab needs a paid plan. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds Claude Desktop — Anthropic's official Linux beta (2026), which ships only as a
.deb+ apt repo (no nixpkgs package). This repackages the official.deb(not the community Windows-build wrap) inpkgs/claude-desktop/, wired viapkgs.callPackageinmodules/packages/ai.nix.Derivation (
pkgs/claude-desktop/package.nix)dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile | tar --no-same-permissions— the.deb'schrome-sandboxis setuid, which the Nix build sandbox forbids (and the store can't hold); dropped deliberately.autoPatchelfHookfixes the bundled Electron/Chromium interpreter + rpaths, includinglibseccomp/libcap_ngfor the bundledvirtiofsd(Cowork VM helper).gappsWrapperArgs;node/uvon PATH so MCPnpx/uvxlaunchers resolve;--disable-setuid-sandbox(keeps Chromium's user-namespace sandbox — not--no-sandbox; NixOS enables unprivileged userns by default); Ozone Wayland hints.version+src.hashper release from the aptPackagesindex. The Linux app doesn't self-update, so a pinned Nix install is safe.Verification
ld; wrapper carries the sandbox/Ozone flags.claude-desktop-1.17377.2in the system closure.Caveats
Docs: PRD §11.9, TODO ai.nix.
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