nix-build

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Build a Nix expression. See also: `nix build.3`.

Options (1)

-A, --attrboolean

Build a Nix expression

Example: nix-build '<nixpkgs>' {{[-A|--attr]}} {{firefox}}

Build a Nix expression

nix-build '<nixpkgs>' [-A|--attr] firefox

Build a sandboxed Nix expression (on non-NixOS)

nix-build '<nixpkgs>' [-A|--attr] firefox --option sandbox true