Merge pull request #8141 from tweag/user-files-doc
Document user files of nix
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/src/nix/nix
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/src/nix/nix
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/src/nix/doc
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# /src/nix-env/
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# /src/nix-env/
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/src/nix-env/nix-env
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/src/nix-env/nix-env
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nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
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nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
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nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
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nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
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nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8 \
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nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8 \
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nix-profiles.5 \
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, $(d)/$(n))
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, $(d)/$(n))
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# man pages for subcommands
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# man pages for subcommands
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$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
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$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
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@rm $^.tmp
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@rm $^.tmp
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$(d)/nix-profiles.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/files/profiles.md
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@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .5)" > $^.tmp
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@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
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$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
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@rm $^.tmp
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$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
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$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
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@cp $< $@
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@cp $< $@
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@$(call process-includes,$@,$@)
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@$(call process-includes,$@,$@)
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{{#include ./command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md}}
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{{#include ./command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md}}
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- [Files](command-ref/files.md)
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- [Files](command-ref/files.md)
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- [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md)
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- [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md)
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- [Profiles](command-ref/files/profiles.md)
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- [manifest.nix](command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md)
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- [manifest.json](command-ref/files/manifest.json.md)
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- [Channels](command-ref/files/channels.md)
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- [Default Nix expression](command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md)
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- [Architecture](architecture/architecture.md)
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- [Architecture](architecture/architecture.md)
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- [Glossary](glossary.md)
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- [Glossary](glossary.md)
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- [Contributing](contributing/contributing.md)
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- [Contributing](contributing/contributing.md)
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doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/channels.md
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## Channels
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A directory containing symlinks to Nix channels, managed by [`nix-channel`]:
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- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/channels` for regular users
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- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
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[`nix-channel`] uses a [profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/profiles.md) to store channels.
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This profile contains symlinks to the contents of those channels.
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## Subscribed channels
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The list of subscribed channels is stored in
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- `~/.nix-channels`
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- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`
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in the following format:
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```
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<url> <name>
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...
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```
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[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
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[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories
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## Default Nix expression
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The source for the default [Nix expressions](@docroot@/language/index.md) used by [`nix-env`]:
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- `~/.nix-defexpr`
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- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
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It is loaded as follows:
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- If the default expression is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression.
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- If the default expression is a directory containing a `default.nix` file, that `default.nix` file is loaded as a Nix expression.
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- If the default expression is a directory without a `default.nix` file, then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix expressions.
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The expressions are combined into a single attribute set, each expression under an attribute with the same name as the original file or subdirectory.
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Subdirectories without a `default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
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Then, the resulting expression is interpreted like this:
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- If the expression is an attribute set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
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- If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
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For example, if the default expression contains two files, `foo.nix` and `bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will be equivalent to
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```nix
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{
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foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
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bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
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}
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```
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The file [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) is always ignored.
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The command [`nix-channel`] places a symlink to the user's current [channels profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/channels.md) in this directory.
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This makes all subscribed channels available as attributes in the default expression.
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## User channel link
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A symlink that ensures that [`nix-env`] can find your channels:
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- `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`
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- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/defexpr/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
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This symlink points to:
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- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/profiles/channels` for regular users
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- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
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In a multi-user installation, you may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the channels of the root user.[`nix-env`]: ../nix-env.md
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[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
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[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
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[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories
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## `manifest.json`
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The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in a [profile](./profiles.md) managed by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
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Here is an example of what the file might look like after installing `zoom-us` from Nixpkgs:
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```json
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{
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"version": 1,
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"elements": [
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{
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"active": true,
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"attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
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"originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
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"storePaths": [
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"/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
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],
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"uri": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/13d0c311e3ae923a00f734b43fd1d35b47d8943a"
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},
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]
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}
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```
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* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md) specified by
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the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
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the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
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```nix
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[{
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
|
||||||
|
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
|
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|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The contents of the store path corresponding to each version of the
|
||||||
|
profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
|
||||||
|
e.g.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
```console
|
||||||
|
$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
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|
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
|
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|
total 20
|
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|
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 bin
|
||||||
|
-r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan 1 1970 manifest.nix
|
||||||
|
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 share
|
||||||
|
|
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|
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
|
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|
total 20
|
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|
lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
|
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|
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan 1 1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
|
||||||
|
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
|
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|
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total 12
|
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lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan 1 1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
|
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lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan 1 1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop
|
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lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan 1 1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop
|
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|
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|
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|
```
|
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|
Each profile version contains a manifest file:
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- [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) used by [`nix-env`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md).
|
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|
- [`manifest.json`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.json.md) used by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
|
||||||
|
|
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|
## User profile link
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
A symbolic link to the user's current profile:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `~/.nix-profile`
|
||||||
|
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
By default, this symlink points to:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile` for regular users
|
||||||
|
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
|
||||||
|
The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default, unless you enable [`use-xdg-base-directories`].
|
||||||
|
|
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|
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
|
||||||
|
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
|
||||||
|
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories
|
||||||
|
|
@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ This command has the following operations:
|
||||||
channels. If *name* is omitted, it defaults to the last component of
|
channels. If *name* is omitted, it defaults to the last component of
|
||||||
*url*, with the suffixes `-stable` or `-unstable` removed.
|
*url*, with the suffixes `-stable` or `-unstable` removed.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
A channel URL must point to a directory containing a file `nixexprs.tar.gz`.
|
||||||
|
At the top level, that tarball must contain a single directory with a `default.nix` file that serves as the channel’s entry point.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `--remove` *name*\
|
- `--remove` *name*\
|
||||||
Removes the channel named *name* from the list of subscribed
|
Removes the channel named *name* from the list of subscribed
|
||||||
channels.
|
channels.
|
||||||
|
|
@ -71,30 +74,3 @@ switching from generation 483 to 482
|
||||||
$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
|
$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
|
||||||
"14.04.526.dbadfad"
|
"14.04.526.dbadfad"
|
||||||
```
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Files
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/channels`\
|
|
||||||
`nix-channel` uses a `nix-env` profile to keep track of previous
|
|
||||||
versions of the subscribed channels. Every time you run `nix-channel
|
|
||||||
--update`, a new channel generation (that is, a symlink to the
|
|
||||||
channel Nix expressions in the Nix store) is created. This enables
|
|
||||||
`nix-channel --rollback` to revert to previous versions.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`\
|
|
||||||
This is a symlink to
|
|
||||||
`${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/channels`. It ensures that
|
|
||||||
`nix-env` can find your channels. In a multi-user installation, you
|
|
||||||
may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the
|
|
||||||
channels of the root user.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Channel format
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
A channel URL should point to a directory containing the following
|
|
||||||
files:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `nixexprs.tar.xz`\
|
|
||||||
A tarball containing Nix expressions and files referenced by them
|
|
||||||
(such as build scripts and patches). At the top level, the tarball
|
|
||||||
should contain a single directory. That directory must contain a
|
|
||||||
file `default.nix` that serves as the channel’s “entry point”.
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -83,46 +83,6 @@ match. Here are some examples:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Files
|
# Files
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `~/.nix-defexpr`\
|
{{#include ./files/default-nix-expression.md}}
|
||||||
The source for the default Nix expressions used by the
|
|
||||||
`--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query --available` operations to
|
|
||||||
obtain derivations. The `--file` option may be used to override
|
|
||||||
this default.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression. If
|
{{#include ./files/profiles.md}}
|
||||||
the expression is a set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
|
|
||||||
If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument
|
|
||||||
and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory containing a `default.nix` file,
|
|
||||||
that file is loaded as in the above paragraph.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory without a `default.nix` file,
|
|
||||||
then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix
|
|
||||||
expressions. The expressions are combined into a single set, each
|
|
||||||
expression under an attribute with the same name as the original
|
|
||||||
file or subdirectory.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
For example, if `~/.nix-defexpr` contains two files, `foo.nix` and
|
|
||||||
`bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will essentially be
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```nix
|
|
||||||
{
|
|
||||||
foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
|
|
||||||
bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
|
|
||||||
}
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The file `manifest.nix` is always ignored. Subdirectories without a
|
|
||||||
`default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix
|
|
||||||
expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not
|
|
||||||
added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The command `nix-channel` places symlinks to the downloaded Nix
|
|
||||||
expressions from each subscribed channel in this directory.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
- `~/.nix-profile`\
|
|
||||||
A symbolic link to the user's current profile. By default, this
|
|
||||||
symlink points to `prefix/var/nix/profiles/default`. The `PATH`
|
|
||||||
environment variable should include `~/.nix-profile/bin` for the
|
|
||||||
user environment to be visible to the user.
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
BIN
src/libexpr/tests/libexpr-tests
Executable file
BIN
src/libexpr/tests/libexpr-tests
Executable file
Binary file not shown.
|
|
@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ public:
|
||||||
this, false, "use-xdg-base-directories",
|
this, false, "use-xdg-base-directories",
|
||||||
R"(
|
R"(
|
||||||
If set to `true`, Nix will conform to the [XDG Base Directory Specification] for files in `$HOME`.
|
If set to `true`, Nix will conform to the [XDG Base Directory Specification] for files in `$HOME`.
|
||||||
The environment variables used to implement this are documented in the [Environment Variables section](@docroot@/installation/env-variables.md).
|
The environment variables used to implement this are documented in the [Environment Variables section](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
|
[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
BIN
src/libstore/tests/libstore-tests
Executable file
BIN
src/libstore/tests/libstore-tests
Executable file
Binary file not shown.
BIN
src/libutil/tests/libutil-tests
Executable file
BIN
src/libutil/tests/libutil-tests
Executable file
Binary file not shown.
|
|
@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ src/nix/develop.cc: src/nix/get-env.sh.gen.hh
|
||||||
src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc: src/nix-channel/unpack-channel.nix.gen.hh
|
src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc: src/nix-channel/unpack-channel.nix.gen.hh
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
src/nix/main.cc: doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix.gen.hh doc/manual/utils.nix.gen.hh
|
src/nix/main.cc: doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix.gen.hh doc/manual/utils.nix.gen.hh
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
src/nix/profile.cc: src/nix/profile.md src/nix/doc/files/profiles.md
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
src/nix/doc/files/%.md: doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/%.md
|
||||||
|
mkdir -p $$(dirname $@)
|
||||||
|
( printf 'R""(\n'; cat $^; printf '\n)""' ) > $@
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -7,100 +7,39 @@ profile is a set of packages that can be installed and upgraded
|
||||||
independently from each other. Nix profiles are versioned, allowing
|
independently from each other. Nix profiles are versioned, allowing
|
||||||
them to be rolled back easily.
|
them to be rolled back easily.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Default profile
|
# Files
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The default profile used by `nix profile` is `$HOME/.nix-profile`,
|
)""
|
||||||
which, if it does not exist, is created as a symlink to
|
|
||||||
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` if Nix is invoked by the
|
#include "doc/files/profiles.md"
|
||||||
`root` user, or `${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile` otherwise.
|
|
||||||
|
R""(
|
||||||
You can specify another profile location using `--profile` *path*.
|
|
||||||
|
### Profile compatibility
|
||||||
# Filesystem layout
|
|
||||||
|
> **Warning**
|
||||||
Profiles are versioned as follows. When using profile *path*, *path*
|
>
|
||||||
is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*, where *N* is the current *version* of
|
> Once you have used [`nix profile`] you can no longer use [`nix-env`] without first deleting `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile`
|
||||||
the profile. In turn, *path*`-`*N* is a symlink to a path in the Nix
|
|
||||||
store. For example:
|
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
|
||||||
|
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
|
||||||
```console
|
|
||||||
$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*
|
Once you installed a package with [`nix profile`], you get the following error message when using [`nix-env`]:
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile -> profile-7-link
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
|
```console
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
|
$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA 'hello'
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
|
error: nix-env
|
||||||
```
|
profile '/home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
|
|
||||||
|
To migrate back to `nix-env` you can delete your current profile:
|
||||||
The contents of the store path corresponding to each version of the
|
|
||||||
profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
|
> **Warning**
|
||||||
e.g.
|
>
|
||||||
|
> This will delete packages that have been installed before, so you may want to back up this information before running the command.
|
||||||
```console
|
|
||||||
$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
|
```console
|
||||||
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
|
$ rm -rf "${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile"
|
||||||
total 20
|
```
|
||||||
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 bin
|
|
||||||
-r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan 1 1970 manifest.json
|
|
||||||
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 share
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
|
|
||||||
total 20
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan 1 1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/share/applications:
|
|
||||||
total 12
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan 1 1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan 1 1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop
|
|
||||||
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan 1 1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
…
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The file `manifest.json` records the provenance of the packages that
|
|
||||||
are installed in this version of the profile. It looks like this:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
```json
|
|
||||||
{
|
|
||||||
"version": 1,
|
|
||||||
"elements": [
|
|
||||||
{
|
|
||||||
"active": true,
|
|
||||||
"attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
|
|
||||||
"originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
|
|
||||||
"storePaths": [
|
|
||||||
"/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
|
|
||||||
],
|
|
||||||
"uri": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/13d0c311e3ae923a00f734b43fd1d35b47d8943a"
|
|
||||||
},
|
|
||||||
…
|
|
||||||
]
|
|
||||||
}
|
|
||||||
```
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Each object in the array `elements` denotes an installed package and
|
|
||||||
has the following fields:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](./nix3-flake.md) specified by
|
|
||||||
the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
|
|
||||||
the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* `uri`: The locked flake reference to which `originalUrl` resolved.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* `attrPath`: The flake output attribute that provided this
|
|
||||||
package. Note that this is not necessarily the attribute that the
|
|
||||||
user specified, but the one resulting from applying the default
|
|
||||||
attribute paths and prefixes; for instance, `hello` might resolve to
|
|
||||||
`packages.x86_64-linux.hello` and the empty string to
|
|
||||||
`packages.x86_64-linux.default`.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* `storePath`: The paths in the Nix store containing the package.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* `active`: Whether the profile contains symlinks to the files of this
|
|
||||||
package. If set to false, the package is kept in the Nix store, but
|
|
||||||
is not "visible" in the profile's symlink tree.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
)""
|
)""
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
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