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Eelco Dolstra 30a6122f80 * When we activate a descriptor in nix-switch, remember its hash.
This allows us to find out all `live' packages on the system by
  doing

    nix closure $(cat /nix/var/nix/links/*.hash)

  which will print out the activated configurations and all packages
  referenced by them.  We could then garbage collect unused packages
  by deleting the difference between `nix listinst' and the set
  returned by `nix closure ...'.
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pkg * Fetch sources from the network. 2003-03-21 14:10:06 +00:00
scripts * When we activate a descriptor in nix-switch, remember its hash. 2003-04-09 12:46:44 +00:00
src * In `fix --instantiate', only print out the hashes of the Nix 2003-04-09 12:37:49 +00:00
sys * Improved Nix. Resources (package descriptors and other source 2003-03-14 16:43:14 +00:00
test * We no longer use nix-populate standalone, rather we use it as a 2003-04-09 12:26:48 +00:00
AUTHORS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
ChangeLog * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
configure.ac * We no longer use nix-populate standalone, rather we use it as a 2003-04-09 12:26:48 +00:00
COPYING * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
INSTALL * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
Makefile.am * We no longer use nix-populate standalone, rather we use it as a 2003-04-09 12:26:48 +00:00
NEWS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
README * Added some installation instructions to the readme. 2003-04-08 12:13:57 +00:00

Overview
========

Nix is a package manager, deployment system, and component glue
mechanism.


Prerequisites
=============

* Berkeley DB 4.0.14
* CWI ATerm 2.0


Installation
============

* When building from the Subversion repository, first do:

    autoreconf -i

* To build, do:

    ./configure
    make
    make install

  Note that this will install to /nix, which is the default prefix.
  You can specify another prefix, but this is not recommended if you
  want to use prebuilt packages from other sources.


Usage
=====

TODO