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Nix, the purely functional package manager
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* move single-user uninstall to the end this is not the default method of installation, and therefore irrelevant for most users. * move the backup restore instructions to the first step for most users we can expect that the system-wide shell init files were not ever touched, so we can as well tell them to do the most likely thing. from experience, while it's not necessarily safe to just mess with these files, most people are simply confused by the complexity of instructions. * provide more detailed instructions for using `sudo vifs` we can expect most beginners not to ever have used `vi`, and they will probably need some hand-holding. * express instructions as a script Co-authored-by: wamirez <wamirez@protonmail.com> Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com> |
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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 and first steps
Visit nix.dev for installation instructions and beginner tutorials.
Full reference documentation can be found in the Nix manual.
Building And Developing
See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to set up a development environment and build Nix from source.
Contributing
Check the contributing guide if you want to get involved with developing Nix.
Additional Resources
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.