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Eelco Dolstra 26cf0c674f nix run: Use packages/legacyPackages as fallback if there is no app definition
'nix run' will try to run $out/bin/<name>, where <name> is the
derivation name (excluding the version). This often works well:

  $ nix run nixpkgs#hello
  Hello, world!

  $ nix run nix -- --version
  nix (Nix) 2.4pre20200626_adf2fbb

  $ nix run patchelf -- --version
  patchelf 0.11.20200623.e61654b

  $ nix run nixpkgs#firefox -- --version
  Mozilla Firefox 77.0.1

  $ nix run nixpkgs#gimp -- --version
  GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.10.14

though not always:

  $ nix run nixpkgs#git
  error: unable to execute '/nix/store/kp7wp760l4gryq9s36x481b2x4rfklcy-git-2.25.4/bin/git-minimal': No such file or directory
2020-06-29 19:08:50 +02:00
.github Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-05-28 12:55:24 +02:00
config update config/config.{sub,guess} 2018-08-13 20:00:17 +00:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
corepkgs Move call-flake.nix into libexpr 2020-03-11 17:04:51 +01:00
doc/manual docs/installer: add correct curl flags 2020-06-23 23:04:10 +01:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers upload-release.pl: Fix nix-fallback-paths.nix generation 2020-06-15 10:28:59 +02:00
misc Fix completion script install name 2020-06-04 13:37:37 +02:00
mk Prelink static libraries into an object file 2020-06-09 23:35:38 -05:00
nix-rust Merge remote-tracking branch 'john-ericson/enum-FileIngestionMethod' into no-stringly-typed-derivation-output 2020-05-26 12:30:48 -04:00
perl Revert the enum struct change 2020-06-18 22:11:26 +00:00
scripts docs/installer: add correct curl flags 2020-06-23 23:04:10 +01:00
src nix run: Use packages/legacyPackages as fallback if there is no app definition 2020-06-29 19:08:50 +02:00
tests Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-06-26 08:46:46 +02:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set additional lambda indentation to zero 2020-02-20 07:56:35 +01:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig 2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.gitignore Add src/libutil/tests/libutil-tests to .gitignore 2020-06-04 21:05:41 +00:00
.version Bump version 2019-09-04 15:59:33 +02:00
bootstrap.sh bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust. 2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-05-28 12:55:24 +02:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix Simplify shell.nix and default.nix 2020-06-17 19:21:46 +02:00
flake.lock flake.lock: Update 2020-06-09 11:24:06 +02:00
flake.nix Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-06-17 10:26:52 +02:00
local.mk Remove global -I flags 2020-03-30 14:39:33 +02:00
Makefile Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-06-17 10:26:52 +02:00
Makefile.config.in configure: Look for gtest 2020-05-08 12:09:37 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h precompiled-headers.h: Don't include our own headers 2020-05-04 22:40:02 +02:00
README.md Tweak README.md 2020-05-01 11:47:26 +02:00

Nix

Open Collective supporters Test

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

Building Nix

You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by release.nix:

$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux

Development Environment

You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:

$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.