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Eelco Dolstra 318936366d Fix empty 'nix copy' error message This was caused by SubstitutionGoal not setting the errorMsg field in its BuildResult. We now get a more descriptive message than in 2.7.0, e.g. error: path '/nix/store/13mh...' is required, but there is no substituter that can build it instead of the misleading (since there was no build) error: build of '/nix/store/13mh...' failed Fixes #6295.		2022-04-06 12:43:53 +02:00
.github	Use the `nix` command (and flakes) in the CI	2022-01-26 16:41:37 +01:00
config	Run autoupdate	2021-06-01 11:42:38 +02:00
contrib	function-trace: always show the trace	2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
doc/manual	Merge pull request #6363 from thufschmitt/definition-list-in-nix.conf-manual	2022-04-05 17:32:48 +02:00
m4	autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04.	2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers	Integrate push-docker.sh into the release script	2022-02-18 13:58:01 +01:00
misc	nix-daemon.service: require mounts for /nix/var/nix/db	2022-03-29 21:05:57 -04:00
mk	mk/run_test.sh: Add missing backslash	2022-03-02 21:36:46 +01:00
perl	Remove std::string alias (for real this time)	2022-02-25 16:13:02 +01:00
scripts	scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh: fix another typo	2022-03-31 22:14:53 +03:00
src	Fix empty 'nix copy' error message	2022-04-06 12:43:53 +02:00
tests	fetchClosure: Don't allow URL query parameters	2022-04-06 11:52:51 +02:00
.dir-locals.el	.dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix	2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
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.version	Bump version	2022-03-07 20:12:35 +01:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff	Fix leaking pthread_attr_t	2021-11-03 22:54:16 +01:00
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configure.ac	Require lowdown 0.9.0	2022-02-01 10:44:19 +01:00
COPYING	* Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy.	2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix	Remove url literals	2022-01-24 13:28:21 +01:00
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Makefile	Stop vendoring nlohmann_json	2022-01-26 11:50:53 +01:00
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README.md	throw freenode down the memory hole	2021-05-27 21:48:39 +02:00
shell.nix	Remove url literals	2022-01-24 13:28:21 +01:00

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

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.