Find a file
Qyriad e1a26a99a5 docs: document the cursed file syntax for new CLI
This documents that all installables in the nix3 commands, in their
--file/-f form accept an extended syntax for the file argument,
which is the same as it is for nix-build and friends, some of which were
well known in their nix-build forms (e.g. `nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello)
but are not well known in their nix3 forms (people rarely know that you
can `nix build -f '<nixpkgs>' firefox`).

Like the old CLI syntax, as documented in [1], file arguments also
accept https:// tarball URLs, `flake:` prefixed flakerefs, and the
cursed `channel:` prefixed hardened URLs.

[1]: Ib6d68594a16132805ba5d97526e16f7b3633117e

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Lix

Lix is an implementation of Nix, a powerful package management system for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.

Read more about us at https://lix.systems.

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 -sSf -L https://install.lix.systems/lix | sh -s -- install

For systems that already have Nix installed, such as NixOS systems, read our install page

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to to set up a development environment and build Lix from source.

Additional Resources

License

Lix is released under the LGPL v2.1.