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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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Options (4)

boolean

Search for a package in nixpkgs via its name

Example: nix-env {{[-qaP|--query --available --attr-path]}} {{search_term_regex}}

-p, --packagesboolean

Start a shell with the specified packages available

Example: nix-shell {{[-p|--packages]}} {{pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ...}}

boolean

Install some packages permanently

Example: nix-env {{[-iA|--install --attr]}} {{nixpkgs.pkg1 nixpkgs.pkg2 ...}}

-q, --queryboolean

Show all dependencies of a store path (package), in a tree format

Example: nix-store {{[-q|--query]}} --tree /nix/store/{{checksum-package-version.ext}}

Examples (6)

Search for a package in nixpkgs via its name

nix-env [-qaP|--query --available --attr-path] search_term_regex

Start a shell with the specified packages available

nix-shell [-p|--packages] pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ...

Install some packages permanently

nix-env [-iA|--install --attr] nixpkgs.pkg1 nixpkgs.pkg2 ...

Show all dependencies of a store path (package), in a tree format

nix-store [-q|--query] --tree /nix/store/checksum-package-version.ext

Update the channels (repositories)

nix-channel --update

Remove unused paths from Nix store

nix-collect-garbage

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