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Jade Lovelace 5137cea990 README: clarify license to match documentation
For years both the documentation and nixpkgs have said that CppNix is
LGPL-2.1-or-later, not LGPL-2.1-only as is somewhat implied by the
README. We are choosing to update the README to match the rest of the
references.

Related: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5218
Change-Id: I6a765ae7857a2f84872f80a25983c4c4b2b3b1c1
2024-08-10 16:11:58 -07:00
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maintainers rl-next: fix incorrect CL list syntax 2024-08-09 19:03:08 -07:00
meson package: remove unused autotools code, empty file 2024-08-09 23:22:11 -07:00
misc build: remove expect as a dependency 2024-08-10 16:10:16 -07:00
nix-support De-vendor nixfmt 2024-07-22 21:09:58 +04:00
perl Merge changes Ib7c80826,I636f8a71,I67669b98 into main 2024-08-09 19:24:29 +00:00
releng releng: fix the git push 2024-08-07 21:46:44 -07:00
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subprojects clang-tidy: write a lint for charptr_cast 2024-08-08 14:53:17 -07:00
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.this-is-lix devShell: guard against running from another directory 2024-06-24 13:41:38 -07:00
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flake.lock update flake.lock 2024-07-26 11:22:34 +04:00
flake.nix build: integrate clang-tidy into CI 2024-08-08 14:53:17 -07:00
justfile build: implement clang-tidy using our plugin 2024-08-04 20:41:19 -07:00
meson.build libutil: deal with Linux systems that do not implement close_range 2024-08-10 16:11:58 -07:00
meson.options build: implement clang-tidy using our plugin 2024-08-04 20:41:19 -07:00
package.nix build: remove expect as a dependency 2024-08-10 16:10:16 -07:00
README.md README: clarify license to match documentation 2024-08-10 16:11:58 -07:00
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version.json version: update, and add codename 2024-08-09 23:22:11 -07:00

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 Lix 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 a Nix implementation 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 LGPL-2.1-or-later.