From a957f2097b05c02896d8f53f9b06f5d6b273081d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jahway603 <jahway603@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:11:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated README.md

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 # HushNixPkgs
 
-Hush packages written for Nix/NixOS
\ No newline at end of file
+Hush packages written for Nix/NixOS
+
+## How to build on NixOS
+
+1. Enter directory of package.
+1. Run the following to build it `nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./default.nix {}'`
+
+## How to calculate directory sha256sum
+
+NixOS requires packages to use the directory hash and this can be done as follows:
+1. Download the tar.gz source code and extract.
+1. Then run the following against that directory-name: `nix hash-path directory-name`
+