{
  description = "dependencies for parallel processing in c";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
  };

  outputs =
    { self, nixpkgs, ... }:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
      nvidiaPackage = pkgs.linuxPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
    in
    {
      devShells.${system}.default = pkgs.mkShell {
        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
          gcc
          gnumake
          imagemagick_light
          typst
          typstyle
          zip
          unzip
          feh
          # exercise 1: 1D wave equation plotting utils
          gnuplot
          ffmpeg
          mpi
          python3
          pandoc
          bc
          llvmPackages.openmp
          # cuda stuff
          ffmpeg
          fmt.dev
          cudaPackages.cuda_cudart
          cudatoolkit
          nvidiaPackage
          cudaPackages.cudnn
          libGLU
          libGL
          xorg.libXi
          xorg.libXmu
          freeglut
          xorg.libXext
          xorg.libX11
          xorg.libXv
          xorg.libXrandr
          zlib
          ncurses
          stdenv.cc
          binutils
          uv
        ];
        shellHook = ''
          echo welcome!
          echo "setting up cuda stuff"
          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${nvidiaPackage}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
          export CUDA_PATH=${pkgs.cudatoolkit}
          export EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-L/lib -L${nvidiaPackage}/lib"
          export EXTRA_CCFLAGS="-I/usr/include"
          export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${pkgs.fmt.dev}:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"
          export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkgs.fmt.dev}/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
        '';
      };
    };
}