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nix-profile-install: show helpful error upon package conflict
Whenever a file conflict happens during "nix profile install" an error
is shown that was previously thrown inside builtins.buildEnv.

We catch BuildProfileConflictError here so that we can provide the user
with more useful instructions on what to do next.

Most notably, we give the user concrete commands to use with all
parameters  already filled in. This avoids the need for the user to look
up these commands in manual pages.
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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

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.