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@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Nix 0.8 has the following improvements:
* `fetchurl' allows SHA-1 and SHA-256 in addition to MD5. Just
specify the attribute `sha1' or `sha256' instead of `md5'.
* Manual updates.
Version 0.7 (January 12, 2005)

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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-user-env"><glossterm>user environment</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>An automatically generated store object that
consists of a set of symlinks to “active” applications, i.e., other
store paths. These are generated automatically by <link
linkend="sec-nix-env"><command>nix-env</command></link>. See <xref
linkend="sec-profiles" />.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-profile"><glossterm>profile</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A symlink to the current <link
linkend="gloss-user-env">user environment</link> of a user, e.g.,
<filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</filename>.</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glosslist>

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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="opt-common.xml" />
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="env-common.xml" />
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="conf-file.xml" />
<sect1>
<sect1 id="sec-nix-env">
<title>nix-env</title>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="nix-env.xml" />
</sect1>

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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-build</command>
<arg><option>--add-drv-link</option></arg>
<arg><option>--no-link</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

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doc/manual/nix-store.xml
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@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><option>--use-output</option> / <option>-u</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--use-output</option></term>
<term><option>-u</option></term>
<listitem><para>For each argument to the query that is a store
derivation, apply the query to the output path of the derivation
@ -338,7 +339,8 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--force-realise</option> / <option>-f</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--force-realise</option></term>
<term><option>-f</option></term>
<listitem><para>Realise each argument to the query first (see
<link linkend="rsec-nix-store-realise"><command>nix-store
@ -365,7 +367,8 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--requisites</option> / <option>-R</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--requisites</option></term>
<term><option>-R</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints out the <link
linkend="gloss-closure">closure</link> of the store path

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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--verbose</option> / <option>-v</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--verbose</option></term>
<term><option>-v</option></term>
<listitem>
@ -72,7 +73,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--no-build-output</option> / <option>-Q</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--no-build-output</option></term>
<term><option>-Q</option></term>
<listitem><para>By default, output written by builders to standard
output and standard error is echoed to the Nix command's standard
@ -84,7 +86,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt-max-jobs"><term><option>--max-jobs</option> / <option>-j</option></term>
<varlistentry id="opt-max-jobs"><term><option>--max-jobs</option></term>
<term><option>-j</option></term>
<listitem><para>Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will
perform in parallel to the specified number. The default is 1. A
@ -93,7 +96,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--keep-going</option> / <option>-k</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--keep-going</option></term>
<term><option>-k</option></term>
<listitem><para>Keep going in case of failed builds, to the
greatest extent possible. That is, if building an input of some
@ -105,7 +109,8 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--keep-failed</option> / <option>-K</option></term>
<varlistentry><term><option>--keep-failed</option></term>
<term><option>-K</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies that in case of a build failure, the
temporary directory (usually in <filename>/tmp</filename>) in which

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<para>This chapter discusses how to do package management with Nix,
i.e., how to obtain, install, upgrade, and erase components. This is
the <quote>user’s</quote> perspective of the Nix system — people
the “user’s” perspective of the Nix system — people
who want to <emphasis>create</emphasis> components should consult
<xref linkend='chap-writing-nix-expressions' />.</para>
<sect1><title>Basic package management</title>
<para>The main command for package management is
<command>nix-env</command>. You can use it to install, upgrade, and
erase components, and to query what components are installed or are
available for installation.</para>
<para>The main command for package management is <link
linkend="sec-nix-env"><command>nix-env</command></link>. You can use
it to install, upgrade, and erase components, and to query what
components are installed or are available for installation.</para>
<para>In Nix, different users can have different <quote>views</quote>
<para>In Nix, different users can have different “views”
on the set of installed applications. That is, there might be lots of
applications present on the system (possibly in many different
versions), but users can have a specific selection of those active —
where <quote>active</quote> just means that it appears in a directory
where “active” just means that it appears in a directory
in the user’s <envar>PATH</envar>. Such a view on the set of
installed applications is called a <emphasis>user
environment</emphasis>, which is just a directory tree consisting of
@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ Nix expressions called the Nix Package collection that contains
components ranging from basic development stuff such as GCC and Glibc,
to end-user applications like Mozilla Firefox. (Nix is however not
tied to the Nix Package collection; you could write your own Nix
expression based on it, or completely new ones.) You can download the
latest version from <ulink
url='http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix' />. You probably want
the latest unstable release; currently the stable releases tend to lag
behind quite a bit.</para>
expressions based on it, or completely new ones.) You can download
the latest version from <ulink
url='http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix' />.</para>
<para>Assuming that you have downloaded and unpacked a release of Nix
Packages, you can view the set of available components in the release:
@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ release of Nix Packages, you can do:
$ nix-env -f nixpkgs-<replaceable>version</replaceable> -u subversion</screen>
This will <emphasis>only</emphasis> upgrade Subversion if there is a
<quote>newer</quote> version in the new set of Nix expressions, as
“newer” version in the new set of Nix expressions, as
defined by some pretty arbitrary rules regarding ordering of version
numbers (which generally do what you’d expect of them). To just
unconditionally replace Subversion with whatever version is in the Nix
@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ set.</para></footnote></para>
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Profiles</title>
<sect1 id="sec-profiles"><title>Profiles</title>
<para>Profiles and user environments are Nix’s mechanism for
implementing the ability to allow differens users to have different
@ -336,7 +334,7 @@ This will <emphasis>not</emphasis> change the
(<option>-u</option>) and uninstall (<option>-e</option>) never
actually delete components from the system. All they do (as shown
above) is to create a new user environment that no longer contains
symlinks to the <quote>deleted</quote> components.</para>
symlinks to the “deleted” components.</para>
<para>Of course, since disk space is not infinite, unused components
should be removed at some point. You can do this by running the Nix
@ -423,7 +421,7 @@ linkend="sec-nix-channel"><command>nix-channel</command></link> you
can automatically stay up to date with whatever is available at that
URL.</para>
<para>You can <quote>subscribe</quote> to a channel using
<para>You can “subscribe” to a channel using
<command>nix-channel --add</command>, e.g.,
<screen>
@ -436,7 +434,7 @@ of the Nix Packages collection. (Instead of
stability, but right now is just outdated.) Subscribing really just
means that the URL is added to the file
<filename>~/.nix-channels</filename>. Right now there is no command
to <quote>unsubscribe</quote>; you should just edit that file manually
to “unsubscribe”; you should just edit that file manually
and delete the offending URL.</para>
<para>To obtain the latest Nix expressions available in a channel, do

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.note,.warning
{
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
border: 1px solid #6185a0;
padding: 0px 1em;
background: #fffff5;

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@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ set.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Functions</title>
<simplesect id="ss-functions"><title>Functions</title>
<para>Functions have the following form: