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Author SHA1 Message Date
Eelco Dolstra da196ec68f Document tarball downloading 2015-06-01 15:14:44 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 6519f06f39 nix-env/nix-instantiate/nix-build: Support URIs
For instance, you can install Firefox from a specific Nixpkgs revision
like this:

  $ nix-env -f 63def04891.tar.gz -iA firefox

Or build a package from the latest nixpkgs-unstable channel:

  $ nix-build https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz -A hello
2015-05-06 14:54:31 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 9451ef3731 Allow URLs in the Nix search path
E.g. to install "hello" from the latest Nixpkgs:

  $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz

Or to install a specific version of NixOS:

  $ nixos-rebuild switch -I nixpkgs=63def04891.tar.gz
2015-05-05 17:09:42 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 35d30d67eb Make downloads interruptable 2015-05-05 14:39:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 4ed2187377 Use cached result if there is a network error 2015-04-09 12:49:13 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 1fc905ad4c Move curl stuff into a separate file 2015-04-09 12:12:50 +02:00