nix

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A powerful package manager that makes package management reliable, reproducible, and declarative. Some features of `nix` (`nix command`, `flakes`, etc) are experimental and require enabling experimental features. Some subcommands such as `build`, `develop`, `flake`, `registry`, `profile`, `search`, `repl`, `store`, `edit`, `why-depends`, etc. have their own usage documentation. See also: `nix classic`.

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Subcommands (16)

nix-build

`nix-build` can refer to multiple commands with the same name.

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nix-channel

Manage `nix` update channels.

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nix classic

A classic, stable interface to a powerful package manager that makes package management reliable, reproducible, and declarative. Some Nix commands such as `nix-build`, `nix-shell`, `nix-env`, and `nix-store` have their own pages. See also: `nix`.

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nix develop

Run a Bash shell that provides the build environment of a derivation.

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nix edit

Open the Nix expression of a Nix package in `$EDITOR`.

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nix-env

Manipulate or query Nix user environments.

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nix eval

Evaluate a Nix expression and print the result to `stdout`.

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nix flake

Manage Nix flakes. Some subcommands such as `init`, `show`, `info` have their own usage documentation.

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nix-instantiate

Create store derivations from nix expressions. See also: `nix eval`.

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nix profile

Install, update, and remove packages from Nix profiles.

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nix registry

Manage a Nix flake registry. See also: `nix flake`.

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nix repl

Start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions. See <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/index.html> for a description of the Nix expression language.

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nix run

Run an application from a Nix flake. See also: `nix flake`.

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nix search

Search for packages in a Nix flake.

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nix-shell

`nix-shell` can refer to multiple commands with the same name.

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nix-store

`nix-store` can refer to multiple commands with the same name.