Symlink to PHP binary isn't created

[assyrus-favolo]

What happened?

In a newly created environment if I add the PHP package via devbox add php, under .devbox/nix/profile/default/bin/ only composer is created pointing to /nix/store/m9bsyax4mk1y0sq08p47l5l6a050wm48-composer-2.9.5/bin, so if I try to run php I get:

Command 'php' not found, but can be installed with:
apt install php8.3-cli  # version 8.3.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.6, or
apt install php-cli     # version 2:8.2+93ubuntu1
apt install php8.2-cli  # version 8.2.12-1ubuntu2
Ask your administrator to install one of them.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create empty directory: mkdir Test
2. Enter it: cd Test
3. Add PHP: devbox add php
4. Enter the shell: devbox shell
5. Run PHP: php

Command

add

devbox.json

{
  "$schema":  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetify-com/devbox/0.16.0/.schema/devbox.schema.json",
  "packages": ["php@latest"],
  "shell": {
    "init_hook": [
      "echo 'Welcome to devbox!' > /dev/null"
    ],
    "scripts": {
      "test": [
        "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Devbox version

0.16.0

Nix version

nix (Lix, like Nix) 2.94.0
System type: x86_64-linux
Additional system types: i686-linux, x86_64-v1-linux, x86_64-v2-linux, x86_64-v3-linux
Features: gc, signed-caches
System configuration file: /etc/nix/nix.conf
User configuration files: /home/myuser/.config/nix/nix.conf:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu/nix/nix.conf:/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf
Store directory: /nix/store
State directory: /nix/var/nix
Data directory: /nix/store/vr4a39d4bw01793jl4qap839rlvmc143-lix-2.94.0/share

What system does this bug occur on?

Linux (x86-64)

Debug logs

time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.673+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:126 msg="searching for config file (including parent directories)" path=.
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.673+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:147 msg="trying config file" path=devbox.json
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.673+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:134 msg="config file found" path=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.json dur=748.209µs
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.677+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:126 msg="searching for config file (including parent directories)" path=.
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.677+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:147 msg="trying config file" path=devbox.json
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.677+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:134 msg="config file found" path=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.json dur=324.409µs
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.678+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/nix/nix.go:143 msg="nix command starting" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' --version --debug"
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.731+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/nix/nix.go:143 msg="nix command exited" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' --version --debug" cmd.path=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix cmd.pid=63892 cmd.code=0 cmd.dur=53.4833ms
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.731+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:126 msg="searching for config file (including parent directories)" path=.
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.731+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:147 msg="trying config file" path=devbox.json
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.732+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:134 msg="config file found" path=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.json dur=135.487µs
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.732+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg=php mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:16.732+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg=php mode=auto
Info: Adding package "php@latest" to devbox.json
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.104+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg=php mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/plugin/plugin.go:85 msg="creating files for package" pkg=php@latest
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.105+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/plugin/plugin.go:128 msg="Creating file %q from contentPath: %q" /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/process-compose.yaml=php/process-compose.yaml
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.107+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/plugin/plugin.go:128 msg="Creating file %q from contentPath: %q" /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/flake/flake.nix=php/flake.nix
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.109+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.109+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:17.109+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/nix/store.go:40 msg="nix command starting" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' path-info 'path:/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/flake#composer' --json --impure"
time=2026-02-25T13:57:18.953+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/nix/store.go:40 msg="nix command exited" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' path-info 'path:/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/flake#composer' --json --impure" cmd.path=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix cmd.pid=63905 cmd.code=0 cmd.dur=1.843658556s
time=2026-02-25T13:57:18.953+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/nix/store.go:61 msg="nix command starting" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' path-info --offline --json /nix/store/m9bsyax4mk1y0sq08p47l5l6a050wm48-composer-2.9.5"
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.009+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/nix/store.go:61 msg="nix command exited" cmd.args="nix --extra-experimental-features ca-derivations --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes fetch-closure' path-info --offline --json /nix/store/m9bsyax4mk1y0sq08p47l5l6a050wm48-composer-2.9.5" cmd.path=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix cmd.pid=63943 cmd.code=0 cmd.dur=55.184485ms
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.009+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.009+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.009+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.009+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto

php NOTES:
PHP is compiled with default extensions. If you would like to use non-default extensions you can add them with devbox add php81Extensions.{extension} . For example, for the memcache extension you can do `devbox add php81Extensions.memcached`.

Services:
* php-fpm

Use `devbox services start|stop [service]` to interact with services

This plugin creates the following helper files:
* /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.d/php/php-fpm.conf
* /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.d/php/php.ini
* /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/process-compose.yaml
* /home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/flake/flake.nix

This plugin sets the following environment variables:
* PHPFPM_ERROR_LOG_FILE=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/php-fpm.log
* PHPFPM_PID_FILE=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/.devbox/virtenv/php/php-fpm.pid
* PHPFPM_PORT=8082
* PHPRC=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.d/php

To show this information, run `devbox info php`


time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:126 msg="searching for config file (including parent directories)" path=.
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:147 msg="trying config file" path=devbox.json
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devconfig/config.go:134 msg="config file found" path=/home/myuser/Documents/Develop/Test/devbox.json dur=111.571µs
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg=php mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto
time=2026-02-25T13:57:19.011+01:00 level=DEBUG source=go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/devpkg/package.go:204 msg="package doesn't need patching" pkg="" mode=auto