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# Hacking
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This section provides some notes on how to hack on Nix. To get the
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latest version of Nix from GitHub:
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$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
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$ cd nix
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To build Nix for the current operating system/architecture use
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$ nix-build
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or if you have a flakes-enabled nix:
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$ nix build
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This will build `defaultPackage` attribute defined in the `flake.nix`
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file. To build for other platforms add one of the following suffixes to
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it: aarch64-linux, i686-linux, x86\_64-darwin, x86\_64-linux. i.e.
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$ nix-build -A defaultPackage.x86_64-linux
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To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
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variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
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$ nix-shell
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To build Nix itself in this shell:
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[nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh
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[nix-shell]$ ./configure $configureFlags
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[nix-shell]$ make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
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To install it in `$(pwd)/inst` and test it:
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[nix-shell]$ make install
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[nix-shell]$ make installcheck
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[nix-shell]$ ./inst/bin/nix --version
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nix (Nix) 2.4
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If you have a flakes-enabled nix you can replace:
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$ nix-shell
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by:
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$ nix develop
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