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  $ nix build nixpkgs#zoom-us
  error: Package ‘zoom-us-5.0.399860.0429’ in /nix/store/m79v7h75b69fkk8d2qcwm555l3wq6fmv-source/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/zoom-us/default.nix:126 has an unfree license (‘unfree’), refusing to evaluate.

  $ nix build nixpkgs#zoom-us --impure
  error: cached failure of attribute 'legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us.drvPath'
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config update config/config.{sub,guess} 2018-08-13 20:00:17 +00:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
corepkgs Move call-flake.nix into libexpr 2020-03-11 17:04:51 +01:00
doc/manual Manpages: Do not refer to nixpkgs-channels 2020-05-23 15:26:59 +02:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers Update release script 2020-04-10 17:27:35 +02:00
misc Fix completion script install name 2020-06-04 13:37:37 +02:00
mk Don't install unit tests 2020-05-08 12:03:27 +02:00
nix-rust make check: Run unit tests 2020-05-08 11:49:40 +02:00
perl Get rid of FileIngestionMethod casts in perl bindings, too 2020-03-30 22:40:41 +00:00
scripts installer: don't require xz on darwin 2020-05-27 20:58:42 +02:00
src Disable eval cache with --impure 2020-06-04 14:53:51 +02:00
tests Fix GitHub test 2020-06-03 16:29:04 +02:00
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Makefile.config.in configure: Look for gtest 2020-05-08 12:09:37 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h precompiled-headers.h: Don't include our own headers 2020-05-04 22:40:02 +02:00
README.md Tweak README.md 2020-05-01 11:47:26 +02:00
shell.nix Add backward compatibility default.nix / shell.nix 2020-02-25 14:51:08 +01:00

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

Building Nix

You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by release.nix:

$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux

Development Environment

You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:

$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.