Nix libraries

Helpers

pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.zlib ]                              # path from lib/ dirs
"${pkgs.shared-mime-info}/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml"  # pkg interpolated is the package-path

Common Libraries

pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib  # libstdc++, others
pkgs.zlib.dev          # headers