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<command>nix-build</command>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="opt-common-syn.xml#xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook)xpointer(/db:nop/*)" />
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<arg><option>--arg</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
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<arg><option>--argstr</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--attr</option></arg>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--update</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Downloads the Nix expressions of all subscribed
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channels, makes the conjunction of these the default for
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<command>nix-env</command> operations (by calling <command>nix-env
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-I</command>), and performs a <command>nix-pull</command> on the
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manifests of all channels to make pre-built binaries
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available.</para></listitem>
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channels, makes them the default for <command>nix-env</command>
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operations (by symlinking them in the directory
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<filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>), and performs a
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<command>nix-pull</command> on the manifests of all channels to
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make pre-built binaries available.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<command>nix-env</command>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="opt-common-syn.xml#xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook)xpointer(/db:nop/*)" />
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<arg><option>--arg</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
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<arg><option>--argstr</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--file</option></arg>
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<varlistentry><term><filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename></term>
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<!-- !!! .nix-defexpr can be a directory now -->
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<listitem><para>The default Nix expression used by the
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<option>--install</option>, <option>--upgrade</option>, and
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<option>--query --available</option> operations to obtain
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derivations. The <option>--file</option> option may be used to
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override this default.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>A directory that contains the default Nix
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expressions used by the <option>--install</option>,
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<option>--upgrade</option>, and <option>--query
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--available</option> operations to obtain derivations. The
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<option>--file</option> option may be used to override this
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default.</para>
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<para>The Nix expressions in this directory are combined into a
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single attribute set, with each file as an attribute that has the
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name of the file. Thus, if <filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>
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contains two files, <filename>foo</filename> and
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<filename>bar</filename>, then the default Nix expression will
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essentially be
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<programlisting>
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{
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foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo;
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bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar;
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}</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>The command <command>nix-channel</command> places symlinks
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to the downloaded Nix expressions from each subscribed channel in
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this directory.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<para>If there are multiple derivations matching a name in
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<replaceable>args</replaceable> that have the same name (e.g.,
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<literal>gcc-3.3.6</literal> and <literal>gcc-4.1.1</literal>), then
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only the highest version will be installed. You can force the
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installation of multiple derivations with the same name by being
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specific about the versions. For instance, <literal>nix-env -i
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gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1</literal> will install both version of GCC (and
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will probably cause a user environment conflict!).</para></listitem>
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the derivation with the highest <emphasis>priority</emphasis> is
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used. A derivation can define a priority by declaring the
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<varname>meta.priority</varname> attribute. This attribute should
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be a number, with a higher value denoting a lower priority. The
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default priority is <literal>0</literal>.</para>
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<para>If there are multiple matching derivations with the same
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priority, then the derivation with the highest version will be
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installed.</para>
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<para>You can force the installation of multiple derivations with
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the same name by being specific about the versions. For instance,
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<literal>nix-env -i gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1</literal> will install both
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version of GCC (and will probably cause a user environment
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conflict!).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If <link
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linkend='opt-attr'><option>--attr</option></link>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--prebuild-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Use only derivations for which a substitute is
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registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can
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be downloaded in lieu of building the derivation. Thus, no
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packages will be built from source.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--preserve-installed</option></term>
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<term><option>-P</option></term>
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<!--######################################################################-->
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<refsection><title>Operation <option>--upgrade</option></title>
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<refsection xml:id="rsec-nix-env-upgrade"><title>Operation <option>--upgrade</option></title>
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<refsection><title>Synopsis</title>
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</variablelist>
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<para>For the other flags, see <option
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linkend="rsec-nix-env-install">--install</option>.</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Examples</title>
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<!--######################################################################-->
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<refsection xml:id="rsec-nix-env-set-flag"><title>Operation <option>--set-flag</option></title>
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<refsection><title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-env</command>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--set-flag</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>drvnames</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The <option>--set-flag</option> operation allows meta attributes
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of installed packages to be modified. There are several attributes
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that can be usefully modified, because they affect the behaviour of
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<command>nix-env</command> or the user environment build
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script:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><varname>priority</varname> can be changed to
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resolve filename clashes. The user environment build script uses
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the <varname>meta.priority</varname> attribute of derivations to
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resolve filename collisions between packages. Lower priority values
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denote a higher priority. For instance, the GCC wrapper package and
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the Binutils package in Nixpkgs both have a file
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<filename>bin/ld</filename>, so previously if you tried to install
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both you would get a collision. Now, on the other hand, the GCC
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wrapper declares a higher priority than Binutils, so the former’s
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<filename>bin/ld</filename> is symlinked in the user
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environment.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><varname>keep</varname> can be set to
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<literal>true</literal> to prevent the package from being upgraded
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or replaced. This is useful if you want to hang on to an older
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version of a package.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><varname>active</varname> can be set to
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<literal>false</literal> to “disable” the package. That is, no
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symlinks will be generated to the files of the package, but it
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remains part of the profile (so it won’t be garbage-collected). It
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can be set back to <literal>true</literal> to re-enable the
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package.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Examples</title>
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<para>To prevent the currently installed Firefox from being upgraded:
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<screen>
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$ nix-env --set-flag keep true firefox</screen>
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After this, <command>nix-env -u</command> will ignore Firefox.</para>
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<para>To disable the currently installed Firefox, then install a new
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Firefox while the old remains part of the profile:
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<screen>
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$ nix-env -q \*
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firefox-2.0.0.9 <lineannotation>(the current one)</lineannotation>
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$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
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installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
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building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
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Collission between `/nix/store/<replaceable>...</replaceable>-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
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and `/nix/store/<replaceable>...</replaceable>-firefox-2.0.0.9/bin/firefox'.
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<lineannotation>(i.e., can’t have two active at the same time)</lineannotation>
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$ nix-env --set-flag active false firefox
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setting flag on `firefox-2.0.0.9'
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$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
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installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
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$ nix-env -q \*
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firefox-2.0.0.11 <lineannotation>(the enabled one)</lineannotation>
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firefox-2.0.0.9 <lineannotation>(the disabled one)</lineannotation></screen>
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</para>
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<para>To make files from <literal>binutils</literal> take precedence
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over files from <literal>gcc</literal>:
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<screen>
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$ nix-env --set-flag priority 5 binutils
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$ nix-env --set-flag priority 10 gcc</screen>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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</refsection>
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<!--######################################################################-->
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<refsection><title>Operation <option>--query</option></title>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-s</option></arg>
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</group>
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</arg>
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<arg><option>--attr-path</option></arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--attr-path</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-P</option></arg>
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</group>
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</arg>
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<arg><option>--no-name</option></arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-b</option></arg>
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</group>
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</arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--attr</option></arg>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--prebuild-only</option> / <option>-b</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Show only derivations for which a substitute is
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registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can
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be downloaded in lieu of building the derivation. Thus, this
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shows all packages that probably can be installed
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quickly.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--status</option></term>
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<term><option>-s</option></term>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--attr</option></term>
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<term><option>-a</option></term>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--attr-path</option></term>
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<term><option>-P</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Print the <emphasis>attribute path</emphasis> of
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the derivation, which can be used to unambiguously select it using
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--meta</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Print all of the meta-attributes of the
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derivation. This option is only available with
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<option>--xml</option>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsection>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--argstr</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>This option is like <option>--arg</option>, only the
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value is not a Nix expression but a string. So instead of
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<literal>--arg system \"i686-linux\"</literal> (the outer quotes are
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to keep the shell happy) you can say <literal>--argstr system
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i686-linux</literal>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry xml:id="opt-attr"><term><option>--attr</option> / <option>-A</option>
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<replaceable>attrPath</replaceable></term>
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<nop xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--prebuilt-only</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-b</option></arg>
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</group>
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</arg>
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<arg>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--attr</option></arg>
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--set: create a user environment containing a single derivation
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--uninstall / -e: remove derivations from the user environment
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--query / -q: perform a query on an environment or Nix expression
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--set-flag NAME VALUE: set derivation meta-attribute to given value
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The previous operations take a list of derivation names. The special
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name `*' may be used to indicate all derivations.
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--delete-generations GENERATIONS...: deleted listed generations,
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`old' for all non-current generations
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--import / -I FILE: set default Nix expression
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--version: output version information
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--help: display help
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