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/src/nix/doc
# /src/nix-env/
/src/nix-env/nix-env

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nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
nix-hash.1 nix-copy-closure.1 \
nix.conf.5 nix-daemon.8 \
nix-profiles.5 \
, $(d)/$(n))
# man pages for subcommands
@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ $(d)/nix.conf.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md
$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
@rm $^.tmp
$(d)/nix-profiles.5: $(d)/src/command-ref/files/profiles.md
@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .5)" > $^.tmp
@cat $^ >> $^.tmp
$(trace-gen) lowdown -sT man --nroff-nolinks -M section=5 $^.tmp -o $@
@rm $^.tmp
$(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
@cp $< $@
@$(call process-includes,$@,$@)

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{{#include ./command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md}}
- [Files](command-ref/files.md)
- [nix.conf](command-ref/conf-file.md)
- [Profiles](command-ref/files/profiles.md)
- [manifest.nix](command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md)
- [manifest.json](command-ref/files/manifest.json.md)
- [Channels](command-ref/files/channels.md)
- [Default Nix expression](command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md)
- [Architecture](architecture/architecture.md)
- [Glossary](glossary.md)
- [Contributing](contributing/contributing.md)

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## Channels
A directory containing symlinks to Nix channels, managed by [`nix-channel`]:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/channels` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
[`nix-channel`] uses a [profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/profiles.md) to store channels.
This profile contains symlinks to the contents of those channels.
## Subscribed channels
The list of subscribed channels is stored in
- `~/.nix-channels`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`
in the following format:
```
<url> <name>
...
```
[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

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## Default Nix expression
The source for the default [Nix expressions](@docroot@/language/index.md) used by [`nix-env`]:
- `~/.nix-defexpr`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
It is loaded as follows:
- If the default expression is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression.
- If the default expression is a directory containing a `default.nix` file, that `default.nix` file is loaded as a Nix expression.
- If the default expression is a directory without a `default.nix` file, then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix expressions.
The expressions are combined into a single attribute set, each expression under an attribute with the same name as the original file or subdirectory.
Subdirectories without a `default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
Then, the resulting expression is interpreted like this:
- If the expression is an attribute set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
- If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
For example, if the default expression contains two files, `foo.nix` and `bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will be equivalent to
```nix
{
foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
}
```
The file [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) is always ignored.
The command [`nix-channel`] places a symlink to the user's current [channels profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/channels.md) in this directory.
This makes all subscribed channels available as attributes in the default expression.
## User channel link
A symlink that ensures that [`nix-env`] can find your channels:
- `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/defexpr/channels` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
This symlink points to:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/profiles/channels` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/channels` for `root`
In a multi-user installation, you may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the channels of the root user.[`nix-env`]: ../nix-env.md
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix-channel`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-channel.md
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

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## `manifest.json`
The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in a [profile](./profiles.md) managed by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
Here is an example of what the file might look like after installing `zoom-us` from Nixpkgs:
```json
{
"version": 1,
"elements": [
{
"active": true,
"attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
"originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
"storePaths": [
"/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
],
"uri": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/13d0c311e3ae923a00f734b43fd1d35b47d8943a"
},
…
]
}
```
Each object in the array `elements` denotes an installed package and
has the following fields:
* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md) specified by
the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
* `uri`: The locked flake reference to which `originalUrl` resolved.
* `attrPath`: The flake output attribute that provided this
package. Note that this is not necessarily the attribute that the
user specified, but the one resulting from applying the default
attribute paths and prefixes; for instance, `hello` might resolve to
`packages.x86_64-linux.hello` and the empty string to
`packages.x86_64-linux.default`.
* `storePath`: The paths in the Nix store containing the package.
* `active`: Whether the profile contains symlinks to the files of this
package. If set to false, the package is kept in the Nix store, but
is not "visible" in the profile's symlink tree.

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## `manifest.nix`
The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in a [profile](./profiles.md) managed by [`nix-env`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md).
Here is an example of how this file might look like after installing `hello` from Nixpkgs:
```nix
[{
meta = {
available = true;
broken = false;
changelog =
"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hello.git/plain/NEWS?h=v2.12.1";
description = "A program that produces a familiar, friendly greeting";
homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/";
insecure = false;
license = {
deprecated = false;
free = true;
fullName = "GNU General Public License v3.0 or later";
redistributable = true;
shortName = "gpl3Plus";
spdxId = "GPL-3.0-or-later";
url = "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html";
};
longDescription = ''
GNU Hello is a program that prints "Hello, world!" when you run it.
It is fully customizable.
'';
maintainers = [{
email = "edolstra+nixpkgs@gmail.com";
github = "edolstra";
githubId = 1148549;
name = "Eelco Dolstra";
}];
name = "hello-2.12.1";
outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
platforms = [
"i686-cygwin"
"x86_64-cygwin"
"x86_64-darwin"
"i686-darwin"
"aarch64-darwin"
"armv7a-darwin"
"i686-freebsd13"
"x86_64-freebsd13"
"aarch64-genode"
"i686-genode"
"x86_64-genode"
"x86_64-solaris"
"js-ghcjs"
"aarch64-linux"
"armv5tel-linux"
"armv6l-linux"
"armv7a-linux"
"armv7l-linux"
"i686-linux"
"m68k-linux"
"microblaze-linux"
"microblazeel-linux"
"mipsel-linux"
"mips64el-linux"
"powerpc64-linux"
"powerpc64le-linux"
"riscv32-linux"
"riscv64-linux"
"s390-linux"
"s390x-linux"
"x86_64-linux"
"mmix-mmixware"
"aarch64-netbsd"
"armv6l-netbsd"
"armv7a-netbsd"
"armv7l-netbsd"
"i686-netbsd"
"m68k-netbsd"
"mipsel-netbsd"
"powerpc-netbsd"
"riscv32-netbsd"
"riscv64-netbsd"
"x86_64-netbsd"
"aarch64_be-none"
"aarch64-none"
"arm-none"
"armv6l-none"
"avr-none"
"i686-none"
"microblaze-none"
"microblazeel-none"
"msp430-none"
"or1k-none"
"m68k-none"
"powerpc-none"
"powerpcle-none"
"riscv32-none"
"riscv64-none"
"rx-none"
"s390-none"
"s390x-none"
"vc4-none"
"x86_64-none"
"i686-openbsd"
"x86_64-openbsd"
"x86_64-redox"
"wasm64-wasi"
"wasm32-wasi"
"x86_64-windows"
"i686-windows"
];
position =
"/nix/store/7niq32w715567hbph0q13m5lqna64c1s-nixos-unstable.tar.gz/nixos-unstable.tar.gz/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix:34";
unfree = false;
unsupported = false;
};
name = "hello-2.12.1";
out = {
outPath = "/nix/store/260q5867crm1xjs4khgqpl6vr9kywql1-hello-2.12.1";
};
outPath = "/nix/store/260q5867crm1xjs4khgqpl6vr9kywql1-hello-2.12.1";
outputs = [ "out" ];
system = "x86_64-linux";
type = "derivation";
}]
```
Each element in this list corresponds to an installed package.
It incorporates some attributes of the original derivation, including `meta`, `name`, `out`, `outPath`, `outputs`, `system`.
This information is used by Nix for querying and updating the package.

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## Profiles
A directory that contains links to profiles managed by [`nix-env`] and [`nix profile`]:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root` if the user is `root`
A profile is a directory of symlinks to files in the Nix store.
### Filesystem layout
Profiles are versioned as follows. When using a profile named *path*, *path* is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*`-link`, where *N* is the version of the profile.
In turn, *path*`-`*N*`-link` is a symlink to a path in the Nix store.
For example:
```console
$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile -> profile-7-link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
```
Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
The contents of the store path corresponding to each version of the
profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
e.g.
```console
$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
total 20
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 bin
-r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan 1 1970 manifest.nix
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 share
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
total 20
lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan 1 1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/share/applications:
total 12
lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan 1 1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan 1 1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan 1 1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop
…
```
Each profile version contains a manifest file:
- [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.nix.md) used by [`nix-env`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md).
- [`manifest.json`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/manifest.json.md) used by [`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) (experimental).
## User profile link
A symbolic link to the user's current profile:
- `~/.nix-profile`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
By default, this symlink points to:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default, unless you enable [`use-xdg-base-directories`].
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories

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channels. If *name* is omitted, it defaults to the last component of
*url*, with the suffixes `-stable` or `-unstable` removed.
A channel URL must point to a directory containing a file `nixexprs.tar.gz`.
At the top level, that tarball must contain a single directory with a `default.nix` file that serves as the channel’s entry point.
- `--remove` *name*\
Removes the channel named *name* from the list of subscribed
channels.
@ -71,30 +74,3 @@ switching from generation 483 to 482
$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
"14.04.526.dbadfad"
```
# Files
- `${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/channels`\
`nix-channel` uses a `nix-env` profile to keep track of previous
versions of the subscribed channels. Every time you run `nix-channel
--update`, a new channel generation (that is, a symlink to the
channel Nix expressions in the Nix store) is created. This enables
`nix-channel --rollback` to revert to previous versions.
- `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`\
This is a symlink to
`${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/channels`. It ensures that
`nix-env` can find your channels. In a multi-user installation, you
may also have `~/.nix-defexpr/channels_root`, which links to the
channels of the root user.
# Channel format
A channel URL should point to a directory containing the following
files:
- `nixexprs.tar.xz`\
A tarball containing Nix expressions and files referenced by them
(such as build scripts and patches). At the top level, the tarball
should contain a single directory. That directory must contain a
file `default.nix` that serves as the channel’s “entry point”.

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# Files
- `~/.nix-defexpr`\
The source for the default Nix expressions used by the
`--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query --available` operations to
obtain derivations. The `--file` option may be used to override
this default.
{{#include ./files/default-nix-expression.md}}
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a file, it is loaded as a Nix expression. If
the expression is a set, it is used as the default Nix expression.
If the expression is a function, an empty set is passed as argument
and the return value is used as the default Nix expression.
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory containing a `default.nix` file,
that file is loaded as in the above paragraph.
If `~/.nix-defexpr` is a directory without a `default.nix` file,
then its contents (both files and subdirectories) are loaded as Nix
expressions. The expressions are combined into a single set, each
expression under an attribute with the same name as the original
file or subdirectory.
For example, if `~/.nix-defexpr` contains two files, `foo.nix` and
`bar.nix`, then the default Nix expression will essentially be
```nix
{
foo = import ~/.nix-defexpr/foo.nix;
bar = import ~/.nix-defexpr/bar.nix;
}
```
The file `manifest.nix` is always ignored. Subdirectories without a
`default.nix` file are traversed recursively in search of more Nix
expressions, but the names of these intermediate directories are not
added to the attribute paths of the default Nix expression.
The command `nix-channel` places symlinks to the downloaded Nix
expressions from each subscribed channel in this directory.
- `~/.nix-profile`\
A symbolic link to the user's current profile. By default, this
symlink points to `prefix/var/nix/profiles/default`. The `PATH`
environment variable should include `~/.nix-profile/bin` for the
user environment to be visible to the user.
{{#include ./files/profiles.md}}

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this, false, "use-xdg-base-directories",
R"(
If set to `true`, Nix will conform to the [XDG Base Directory Specification] for files in `$HOME`.
The environment variables used to implement this are documented in the [Environment Variables section](@docroot@/installation/env-variables.md).
The environment variables used to implement this are documented in the [Environment Variables section](@docroot@/command-ref/env-common.md).
[XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

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src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc: src/nix-channel/unpack-channel.nix.gen.hh
src/nix/main.cc: doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix.gen.hh doc/manual/utils.nix.gen.hh
src/nix/profile.cc: src/nix/profile.md src/nix/doc/files/profiles.md
src/nix/doc/files/%.md: doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/%.md
mkdir -p $$(dirname $@)
( printf 'R""(\n'; cat $^; printf '\n)""' ) > $@

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independently from each other. Nix profiles are versioned, allowing
them to be rolled back easily.
# Default profile
The default profile used by `nix profile` is `$HOME/.nix-profile`,
which, if it does not exist, is created as a symlink to
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` if Nix is invoked by the
`root` user, or `${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile` otherwise.
You can specify another profile location using `--profile` *path*.
# Filesystem layout
Profiles are versioned as follows. When using profile *path*, *path*
is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*, where *N* is the current *version* of
the profile. In turn, *path*`-`*N* is a symlink to a path in the Nix
store. For example:
```console
$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile -> profile-7-link
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
```
Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
The contents of the store path corresponding to each version of the
profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
e.g.
```console
$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
total 20
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 bin
-r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan 1 1970 manifest.json
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 share
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
total 20
lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan 1 1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan 1 1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/share/applications:
total 12
lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan 1 1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan 1 1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan 1 1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop
…
```
The file `manifest.json` records the provenance of the packages that
are installed in this version of the profile. It looks like this:
```json
{
"version": 1,
"elements": [
{
"active": true,
"attrPath": "legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.zoom-us",
"originalUrl": "flake:nixpkgs",
"storePaths": [
"/nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927"
],
"uri": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/13d0c311e3ae923a00f734b43fd1d35b47d8943a"
},
…
]
}
```
Each object in the array `elements` denotes an installed package and
has the following fields:
* `originalUrl`: The [flake reference](./nix3-flake.md) specified by
the user at the time of installation (e.g. `nixpkgs`). This is also
the flake reference that will be used by `nix profile upgrade`.
* `uri`: The locked flake reference to which `originalUrl` resolved.
* `attrPath`: The flake output attribute that provided this
package. Note that this is not necessarily the attribute that the
user specified, but the one resulting from applying the default
attribute paths and prefixes; for instance, `hello` might resolve to
`packages.x86_64-linux.hello` and the empty string to
`packages.x86_64-linux.default`.
* `storePath`: The paths in the Nix store containing the package.
* `active`: Whether the profile contains symlinks to the files of this
package. If set to false, the package is kept in the Nix store, but
is not "visible" in the profile's symlink tree.
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### Profile compatibility
> **Warning**
>
> Once you have used [`nix profile`] you can no longer use [`nix-env`] without first deleting `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile`
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
Once you installed a package with [`nix profile`], you get the following error message when using [`nix-env`]:
```console
$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA 'hello'
error: nix-env
profile '/home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
```
To migrate back to `nix-env` you can delete your current profile:
> **Warning**
>
> This will delete packages that have been installed before, so you may want to back up this information before running the command.
```console
$ rm -rf "${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile"
```
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