Nix is a package manager for Linux. It is similar to apt, yum, and other package managers.
pros
- packages are up to date
- very fast
cons
- unintuitive command names
- no full arm64 support (yet)
Installation
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curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
. ./home/$USER/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
echo "export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1" >> ~/.zshrc
export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1
- list installed packages
nix-env -q - install packages
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.packagename - erase packages
nix-env -e packagename - update all packages
nix-env -u