Bob van der Linden
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At the moment an Error is thrown that only holds an error message regarding `nix-env` and `nix profile`. These tools make use of builtins.buildEnv, but buildEnv is also used in other places. These places are unrelated to Nix profiles, so the error shouldn't mention these tools. This generic error is now BuildEnvFileConflictError, which holds more contextual information about the files that were conflicting while building the environment.
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
- Nix manual
- Nix jobsets on hydra.nixos.org
- NixOS Discourse
- Matrix - #nix:nixos.org
- IRC - #nixos on libera.chat
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.