nix metapackage works

root/home/user/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix

@@ -1,33 +1,17 @@
-{ pkgs }:
-let
-  # Inherit utilities
-  inherit (pkgs) lib buildEnv;
+{
+  packageOverrides = pkgs: with pkgs; {
 
-  homeDir = builtins.getEnv "HOME";
-
-in {
-  allowUnfree = true;
-  #jre = pkgs.oraclejre8;
-  #jdk = pkgs.oraclejdk8;
-
-  packageOverrides = pkgs: {
-
-    workEnv = lib.lowPrio (buildEnv {
-      name = "work-env";
-      ignoreCollisions = true;
-      paths = with pkgs; [
-        sneakDefaultPkgs
-        weechat
-      ];
-    });
-
-    sneakDefaultPkgs = lib.lowPrio (buildEnv {
-      name = "sneakDefaultPkgs";
-      ignoreCollisions = true;
-      paths = with pkgs; [
+    myPackages = pkgs.buildEnv {
+      name = "myPackages";
+      paths = [
+        aspell
+        bc
         clang
+        coreutils
         ctags
         curl
+        ffmpeg
+        gdb
         gitAndTools.git-annex
         gitAndTools.git-extras
         gitAndTools.git2cl
@@ -35,16 +19,18 @@ in {
         gitAndTools.tig
         gnupg
         go
+        jq
         nix-prefetch-scripts
-        nix-repl
         openssh
         pwgen
         qemu
         tmux
         tree
         vim
+        weechat
         wget
       ];
-    });
+    };
+
   };
 }