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Eelco Dolstra ba50c3efa3 Add "uid-range" and "systemd-cgroup" system features "uid-range" provides 65536 UIDs to a build and runs the build as root in its user namespace. "systemd-cgroup" allows the build to mount the systemd cgroup controller (needed for running systemd-nspawn and NixOS containers). Also, add a configuration option "auto-allocate-uids" which is needed to enable these features, and some experimental feature gates. So to enable support for containers you need the following in nix.conf: experimental-features = auto-allocate-uids systemd-cgroup auto-allocate-uids = true system-features = uid-range systemd-cgroup		2020-07-06 13:50:33 +02:00
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README.md

Nix

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.