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Nix
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Nix is a purely functional package manager that exozyme users can use to install packages.
Configuration
Run
nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
nix-channel --update
to configure a channel (repository).
Now add the ~/.nix-profile/bin directory to your $PATH. For Fish, you can do this with fish_add_path ~/.nix-profile/bin.
Usage
You can install packages with nix-env --install. nix-env --query lists all directly installed packages and nix-env --uninstall will remove a package.
For graphical acceleration, desktop integration, and fixing locale warnings, see this ArchWiki page.
Basic of nix package manager (cheatsheet)
| Description | Command | Example |
|---|---|---|
| List All Installed pkgs | nix-env -q | -- |
| Query Installed pkgs | nix-env -q search_term | nix-env -q librewolf |
| Query Available pkgs | nix-env -qa search_term | nix-env -qa calibre |
| Install pkgs | nix-env -iA nixpkgs.pkg_name | nix-env -iA nixpkgs.sakura |
| Upgrade single pkg | nix-env -u pkg_name | nix-env -u librewolf |
| Upgrade All pkg | nix-env -u | nix-env -u |
| Uninstall pkg | nix-env -e pkg_name | nix-env -e sakura |
Note: Installed binaries are stored in ~/.nix-profile/bin