nix repl

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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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Examples (5)

Start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions

nix repl

Load all packages from a flake (e.g. `nixpkgs`) into scope

:lf nixpkgs

Build a package from an expression

:b expression

Start a shell with package from the expression available

:u expression

Start a shell with dependencies of the package from the expression available

:s expression

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