Bob van der Linden
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Whenever a file conflict happens during "nix profile install" an error is shown that was previously thrown inside builtins.buildEnv. We catch BuildProfileConflictError here so that we can provide the user with more useful instructions on what to do next. Most notably, we give the user concrete commands to use with all parameters already filled in. This avoids the need for the user to look up these commands in manual pages.
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.