nix shell

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Start a shell in which the specified packages are available. See also: `nix-shell`, `nix flake`.

Examples (5)

Start an interactive shell with some packages from `nixpkgs`

nix shell nixpkgs#pkg1 nixpkgs#packageSet.pkg2 ...

Start a shell providing a package from an older version of `nixpkgs` (21.05)

nix shell nixpkgs/nixos-21.05#pkg

Start a shell with the "default package" from a flake in the current directory, printing build logs if any builds happen

nix shell -L

Start a shell with a package from a flake on GitHub

nix shell github:owner/repo#pkg

Run a command in a shell with a package

nix shell nixpkgs#pkg -c some-cmd --someflag 'Some other arguments'