Matthew Bauer
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This adds a ‘nix export’ command which hooks into nix-bundle. It can be used in a similar way as nix-bundle, with the benefit of hooking into the new “app” functionality. For instance, $ nix export nixpkgs#jq $ ./jq --help jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.6] ... $ scp jq machine-without-nix: $ ssh machine-without-nix ./jq jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.6] ... Note that nix-bundle currently requires Linux to run. Other exporters might not have that requirement. “exporters” are meant to be reusable, so that, other repos can implement their own bundling. Fixes #3705
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.
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License
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