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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.