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hytale launcher nix derivation

just copy the file into your nix config and then use:

  hytale-pkg = pkgs.callPackage ../../pkgs/hytale-launcher.nix {};

to get the package and add it to your config

{ lib
, stdenv
, fetchzip
, autoPatchelfHook
, makeWrapper
, gtk3
, nss
, libsecret
, libsoup_3
, gdk-pixbuf
, glib
, webkitgtk_4_1
, xdg-utils
,
}:
stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
pname = "hytale-launcher-bin";
version = "2026.01.11.b022ef5";
src = fetchzip {
url = "https://launcher.hytale.com/builds/release/linux/amd64/hytale-launcher-2026.01.11-b022ef5.zip";
hash = "sha256-bJQwGSj7B1szXv1e7RN2VQdriSbGe+En1EQONIeLQ84=";
stripRoot = false;
};
nativeBuildInputs = [
autoPatchelfHook
makeWrapper
];
buildInputs = [
gtk3
nss
libsecret
libsoup_3
gdk-pixbuf
glib
webkitgtk_4_1
];
dontStrip = true;
installPhase = ''
runHook preInstall
mkdir -p "$out/lib/${finalAttrs.pname}" "$out/bin" "$out/share/applications"
install -Dm755 "hytale-launcher" "$out/lib/${finalAttrs.pname}/hytale-launcher"
makeWrapper "$out/lib/${finalAttrs.pname}/hytale-launcher" "$out/bin/hytale-launcher" \
--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [xdg-utils]}" \
--set __NV_DISABLE_EXPLICIT_SYNC 1 \
--set WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER 1 \
--set DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher
cat > "$out/share/applications/com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher.desktop" <<'desktop'
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Hytale Launcher
Exec=hytale-launcher
Terminal=false
Categories=Game;
desktop
runHook postInstall
'';
meta = {
description = "Hytale Launcher (Native Linux)";
homepage = "https://hytale.com";
platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
license = lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
mainProgram = "hytale-launcher";
};
})
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