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Qyriad de212be82b upgrade-nix: use --store local, so we don't kill our own access to the daemon 
Tested in a Debian container.

Fixes #1189
Fixes lix-project/lix-installer#79

Change-Id: Id7de28bf81eb122dd60755622b7816716a6a6964
2026-04-24 15:56:19 +00:00
.github fix: docs issue template was busted 2024-09-14 19:28:46 +00:00
bench bench: add memory benchmark 2025-09-29 15:22:41 +02:00
contrib meson: merge libs 2026-01-30 17:29:51 +00:00
doc doc/manual: Update signature of primop fn in hacking.md 2026-04-22 08:39:49 -04:00
lix upgrade-nix: use --store local, so we don't kill our own access to the daemon 2026-04-24 15:56:19 +00:00
maintainers maintainers: unify issue references 2026-03-09 22:16:50 +00:00
meson treefmt/ruff: extract ruff config from f2 to global state 2025-12-05 13:45:47 +00:00
misc upgrade-nix: use --store local, so we don't kill our own access to the daemon 2026-04-24 15:56:19 +00:00
nix-support codeowners: add some missing directories 2025-09-17 16:26:49 +00:00
perl libutil/hash: Add default values for Hash::to_string 2026-01-10 18:26:15 +00:00
releng nixpkgs: bump to 25.11 2025-12-17 20:59:59 +01:00
scripts Fix broken user override of NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE in fish shell 2026-04-20 13:02:17 +00:00
subprojects nix-eval-jobs: Remove Value default construction from releaseExprTopLevelValue 2026-04-22 08:37:17 -04:00
tests testing: migrate and expand import-derivation.sh and warn-import-from-derivation.sh 2026-04-22 10:26:15 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Raise column limit to 110 2026-01-02 17:51:33 +00:00
.clang-tidy clang-tidy: enable bugprone-multi-level-implicit-pointer-conversion 2025-12-09 14:51:43 +00:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: json: init with 4 space indent 2025-05-15 15:11:57 -07:00
.envrc .envrc: remove MAKEFLAGS and use clang environment by default 2024-06-25 12:36:18 -06:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore top-level build and outputs directories 2026-04-22 11:47:09 +00:00
.mailmap chore: reflect account migration 2026-01-31 20:59:02 +00:00
.this-is-lix devShell: guard against running from another directory 2024-06-24 13:41:38 -07:00
Cargo.lock rust support in libutil via rust-monocrate 2026-01-06 16:35:49 +01:00
Cargo.toml rust support in libutil via rust-monocrate 2026-01-06 16:35:49 +01:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore: re-work the contribution guide 2024-05-07 01:28:35 +00:00
COPYING Add pre-commit checks 2024-03-29 22:57:40 -07:00
default.nix chore: replace edolstra/flake-compat with lix-project/flake-compat 2026-01-20 12:31:41 +00:00
docker.nix nixpkgs: bump to 25.11 2025-12-17 20:59:59 +01:00
flake.lock Update nixpkgs and nix2container 2026-03-11 11:21:11 +00:00
flake.nix flake: static build in CI 2026-04-13 22:46:30 +01:00
justfile improve justfile, and add more docs about it 2026-03-28 19:08:37 +01:00
meson.build libcmd: remove support for lowdown < 1.4.0 2026-03-17 21:38:42 +00:00
meson.options add a builtin-builder command for ... builtin builders 2026-01-25 17:26:39 +00:00
OWNERS codeowners: add some missing directories 2025-09-17 16:26:49 +00:00
package.nix package.nix: Remove unused linuxPackages input 2026-03-24 11:43:30 -04:00
pyproject.toml tests/functional2: Fix Python LSP by adjusting imports 2026-01-23 15:06:51 +01:00
README.md Fix typos in documentation 2025-03-18 04:20:00 +00:00
shell.nix chore: replace edolstra/flake-compat with lix-project/flake-compat 2026-01-20 12:31:41 +00:00
treefmt.toml code-generation: run ruff 2026-01-10 00:07:33 +00:00
version.json version.json: begin the 2.96 series 2026-03-13 22:59:53 +01:00

README.md

Lix

Lix is an implementation of Nix, a powerful package management system for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.

Read more about us at https://lix.systems.

Installation

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

$ curl -sSf -L https://install.lix.systems/lix | sh -s -- install

For systems that already have a Nix implementation installed, such as NixOS systems, read our install page

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to set up a development environment and build Lix from source.

Additional Resources

License

Lix is released under LGPL-2.1-or-later.