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+
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+(pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
+  name = "electron-env";
+  targetPkgs = pkgs: (with pkgs;
+    [
+      nodejs python3 libcxx systemd libpulseaudio libdrm mesa stdenv.cc.cc
+      alsa-lib atk at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core cairo cups dbus expat fontconfig
+      freetype gdk-pixbuf glib glibc gtk3 libnotify libuuid nspr nss pango systemd
+      libappindicator-gtk3 libdbusmenu libxkbcommon
+    ]
+  ) ++ (with pkgs.xorg;
+    [
+      libXScrnSaver libXrender libXcursor libXdamage libXext libXfixes libXi
+      libXrandr libX11 libXcomposite libxshmfence libXtst libxcb
+    ]
+  );
+}).env
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