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In particular, this means that derivations can output derivations. But that ramification isn't (yet!) useful as we would want, since there is no way to have a dependent derivation that is itself a dependent derivation.
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
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.
Description
Working fork of Lix - carries the adaptive load-aware build-remote patch. Upstream: gerrit.lix.systems
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