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# Examples
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* Run the default app from the `blender-bin` flake:
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```console
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# nix run blender-bin
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```
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* Run a non-default app from the `blender-bin` flake:
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```console
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# nix run blender-bin#blender_2_83
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```
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Tip: you can find apps provided by this flake by running `nix flake
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show blender-bin`.
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* Run `vim` from the `nixpkgs` flake:
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```console
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# nix run nixpkgs#vim
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```
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Note that `vim` (as of the time of writing of this page) is not an
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app but a package. Thus, Nix runs the eponymous file from the `vim`
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package.
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* Run `vim` with arguments:
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```console
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# nix run nixpkgs#vim -- --help
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```
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# Description
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`nix run` builds and runs *installable*, which must evaluate to an
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*app* or a regular Nix derivation.
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If *installable* evaluates to an *app* (see below), it executes the
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program specified by the app definition.
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If *installable* evaluates to a derivation, it will try to execute the
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program `<out>/bin/<name>`, where *out* is the primary output store
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path of the derivation and *name* is the `meta.mainProgram` attribute
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of the derivation if it exists, and otherwise the name part of the
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value of the `name` attribute of the derivation (e.g. if `name` is set
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to `hello-1.10`, it will run `$out/bin/hello`).
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# Flake output attributes
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If no flake output attribute is given, `nix run` tries the following
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flake output attributes:
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* `defaultApp.<system>`
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* `defaultPackage.<system>`
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If an attribute *name* is given, `nix run` tries the following flake
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output attributes:
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* `apps.<system>.<name>`
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* `packages.<system>.<name>`
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* `legacyPackages.<system>.<name>`
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# Apps
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An app is specified by a flake output attribute named
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`apps.<system>.<name>` or `defaultApp.<system>`. It looks like this:
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```nix
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apps.x86_64-linux.blender_2_79 = {
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type = "app";
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program = "${self.packages.x86_64-linux.blender_2_79}/bin/blender";
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};
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```
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The only supported attributes are:
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* `type` (required): Must be set to `app`.
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* `program` (required): The full path of the executable to run. It
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must reside in the Nix store.
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)""
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