Nix classic interface
A classic, stable interface to a powerful package manager that makes package management reliable, reproducible, and declarative. Some Nix commands such asnix-build
,nix-shell
,nix-env
, andnix-store
have their own pages. See also:tldr nix
. More information: https://nixos.org.
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Search for a package in nixpkgs via its name:
nix-env -qaP {{search_term_regexp}}
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Start a shell with the specified packages available:
nix-shell -p {{pkg1 pkg2 pkg3...}}
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Install some packages permanently:
nix-env -iA {{nixpkgs.pkg1 nixpkgs.pkg2...}}
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Show all dependencies of a store path (package), in a tree format:
nix-store --query --tree {{/nix/store/...}}
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Update the channels (repositories):
nix-channel --update
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Remove unused paths from Nix store:
nix-collect-garbage
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