total newb question, but where does deps.edn install the libraries?

~/.m2 and ~/.gitlibs

by default

~/.m2 is the same as Maven and Leiningen.

$ find ~/.m2 -iname 'clojure*jar'
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/net/mikera/clojure-utils/0.8.0/clojure-utils-0.8.0.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/clojure-msgpack/clojure-msgpack/1.2.1/clojure-msgpack-1.2.1.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/org/clojure/clojurescript/1.10.520/clojurescript-1.10.520.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/org/clojure/clojurescript/1.10.597/clojurescript-1.10.597.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/org/clojure/clojure/1.10.1/clojure-1.10.1.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/org/clojure/clojure/1.9.0/clojure-1.9.0.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/clojure/java-time/clojure.java-time/0.3.2/clojure.java-time-0.3.2.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/com/theoryinpractise/clojure-maven-plugin/1.7.1/clojure-maven-plugin-1.7.1.jar
/home/teodorlu/.m2/repository/com/cemerick/clojurescript.test/0.0.4/clojurescript.test-0.0.4.jar

then the trace.edn tellls my project how to find them?

nevermind. that doesn't show a path on my local machine

Based on your deps.edn file, you get a classpath. Try running clj -Spath in a deps project, and you'll se it refer back into where your libraries are installed.

{:version "1.10.1.489" :config-files ["/home/ben/.clojure/deps.edn" "deps.edn" ] :config-user "/home/ben/.clojure/deps.edn" :config-project "deps.edn" :install-dir "/nix/store/msn2kqpck9c5iin8hgjzm5chpwpm2167-clojure-1.10.1.489-prefix" :config-dir "/home/ben/.clojure" :cache-dir ".cpcache" :force false :repro false :resolve-aliases "" :classpath-aliases "" :jvm-aliases "" :main-aliases "" :all-aliases ""}

Does this look okay?

I am questioning the :install-dir because I use Nixos and this path would be immutable

I must admin that I'm not sure about what you're asking.

my repl can never mind my classpath

If you want to use deps.edn the "Nix way", I'm guessing you'll want guaranteed immutable references to what's normally a mutable folder in ~/.m2. But then you'll have to do some major modifications to tools-deps, I think. Other people might be able to answer better.

I don't really want to do it the nix way. I just want to transistion to deps.edn and my repl yells at me that it can never find my classpath

Oh, so you've installed the clojure tool via Nix, it doesn't work, and you just want it to work?

Yes. But I am wondering if it is nix or my lack of understanding on some point

Hmm. I love Nix, but for Clojure I just use the official installer: https://clojure.org/guides/getting_started#_clojure_installer_and_cli_tools

I appologize, earlier I posted Sdescribe not Spath. Spath is showing the .m2 directiory like it should

another vairable that is probably tripping me up is that I wired together Kakoune and the klipse-repl. I probably did something wrong there.

Thanks for the help

Don't think I'll be able to help you with that setup. If you want a simple experience getting started, the official Clojure installer + #calva should be a good place to start.

Thanks for the support, it helped me target the most likely issue.