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Can I use useUserPackages in home manager and how?

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start by reading Snowfall Lib’s Home Manager setup and comparing the issue’s useGlobalPkgs and useUserPackages options. Confirm whether useUserPackages is supported, determine the required configuration, and document the result with a working example or a clear limitation.

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Description

I know that Snowfall Lib uses useGlobalPkgs in it's home-manager setup but can the same be done with useUserPackages and if it can, how could I do it?

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