1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Quick Start
  3. 3. Installation
    1. 3.1. Supported Platforms
    2. 3.2. Installing a Binary Distribution
    3. 3.3. Installing Nix from Source
      1. 3.3.1. Prerequisites
      2. 3.3.2. Obtaining a Source Distribution
      3. 3.3.3. Building Nix from Source
    4. 3.4. Using Nix within Docker
    5. 3.5. Security
      1. 3.5.1. Single-User Mode
      2. 3.5.2. Multi-User Mode
    6. 3.6. Environment Variables
    7. 3.7. Upgrading Nix
    8. 3.8. Uninstalling Nix
  4. 4. Package Management
    1. 4.1. Basic Package Management
    2. 4.2. Profiles
    3. 4.3. Garbage Collection
      1. 4.3.1. Garbage Collector Roots
    4. 4.4. Sharing Packages Between Machines
      1. 4.4.1. Serving a Nix store via HTTP
      2. 4.4.2. Copying Closures via SSH
      3. 4.4.3. Serving a Nix store via SSH
      4. 4.4.4. Serving a Nix store via S3
  5. 5. Nix Language
    1. 5.1. Data Types
    2. 5.2. Language Constructs
      1. 5.2.1. String interpolation
    3. 5.3. Operators
    4. 5.4. Derivations
      1. 5.4.1. Advanced Attributes
    5. 5.5. Built-in Constants
    6. 5.6. Built-in Functions
  6. 6. Advanced Topics
    1. 6.1. Remote Builds
    2. 6.2. Tuning Cores and Jobs
    3. 6.3. Verifying Build Reproducibility
    4. 6.4. Using the post-build-hook
  7. 7. Command Reference
    1. 7.1. Common Options
    2. 7.2. Common Environment Variables
    3. 7.3. Main Commands
      1. 7.3.1. nix-build
      2. 7.3.2. nix-shell
      3. 7.3.3. nix-store
        1. 7.3.3.1. nix-store --add-fixed
        2. 7.3.3.2. nix-store --add
        3. 7.3.3.3. nix-store --delete
        4. 7.3.3.4. nix-store --dump-db
        5. 7.3.3.5. nix-store --dump
        6. 7.3.3.6. nix-store --export
        7. 7.3.3.7. nix-store --gc
        8. 7.3.3.8. nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key
        9. 7.3.3.9. nix-store --import
        10. 7.3.3.10. nix-store --load-db
        11. 7.3.3.11. nix-store --optimise
        12. 7.3.3.12. nix-store --print-env
        13. 7.3.3.13. nix-store --query
        14. 7.3.3.14. nix-store --read-log
        15. 7.3.3.15. nix-store --realise
        16. 7.3.3.16. nix-store --repair-path
        17. 7.3.3.17. nix-store --restore
        18. 7.3.3.18. nix-store --serve
        19. 7.3.3.19. nix-store --verify-path
        20. 7.3.3.20. nix-store --verify
      4. 7.3.4. nix-env
        1. 7.3.4.1. nix-env --delete-generations
        2. 7.3.4.2. nix-env --install
        3. 7.3.4.3. nix-env --list-generations
        4. 7.3.4.4. nix-env --query
        5. 7.3.4.5. nix-env --rollback
        6. 7.3.4.6. nix-env --set-flag
        7. 7.3.4.7. nix-env --set
        8. 7.3.4.8. nix-env --switch-generation
        9. 7.3.4.9. nix-env --switch-profile
        10. 7.3.4.10. nix-env --uninstall
        11. 7.3.4.11. nix-env --upgrade
    4. 7.4. Utilities
      1. 7.4.1. nix-channel
      2. 7.4.2. nix-collect-garbage
      3. 7.4.3. nix-copy-closure
      4. 7.4.4. nix-daemon
      5. 7.4.5. nix-hash
      6. 7.4.6. nix-instantiate
      7. 7.4.7. nix-prefetch-url
    5. 7.5. Experimental Commands
      1. 7.5.1. nix
      2. 7.5.2. nix build
      3. 7.5.3. nix bundle
      4. 7.5.4. nix copy
      5. 7.5.5. nix daemon
      6. 7.5.6. nix derivation
      7. 7.5.7. nix derivation add
      8. 7.5.8. nix derivation show
      9. 7.5.9. nix develop
      10. 7.5.10. nix doctor
      11. 7.5.11. nix edit
      12. 7.5.12. nix eval
      13. 7.5.13. nix flake
      14. 7.5.14. nix flake archive
      15. 7.5.15. nix flake check
      16. 7.5.16. nix flake clone
      17. 7.5.17. nix flake info
      18. 7.5.18. nix flake init
      19. 7.5.19. nix flake lock
      20. 7.5.20. nix flake metadata
      21. 7.5.21. nix flake new
      22. 7.5.22. nix flake prefetch
      23. 7.5.23. nix flake show
      24. 7.5.24. nix flake update
      25. 7.5.25. nix fmt
      26. 7.5.26. nix hash
      27. 7.5.27. nix hash file
      28. 7.5.28. nix hash path
      29. 7.5.29. nix hash to-base16
      30. 7.5.30. nix hash to-base32
      31. 7.5.31. nix hash to-base64
      32. 7.5.32. nix hash to-sri
      33. 7.5.33. nix help
      34. 7.5.34. nix help-stores
      35. 7.5.35. nix key
      36. 7.5.36. nix key convert-secret-to-public
      37. 7.5.37. nix key generate-secret
      38. 7.5.38. nix log
      39. 7.5.39. nix nar
      40. 7.5.40. nix nar cat
      41. 7.5.41. nix nar dump-path
      42. 7.5.42. nix nar ls
      43. 7.5.43. nix path-info
      44. 7.5.44. nix print-dev-env
      45. 7.5.45. nix profile
      46. 7.5.46. nix profile diff-closures
      47. 7.5.47. nix profile history
      48. 7.5.48. nix profile install
      49. 7.5.49. nix profile list
      50. 7.5.50. nix profile remove
      51. 7.5.51. nix profile rollback
      52. 7.5.52. nix profile upgrade
      53. 7.5.53. nix profile wipe-history
      54. 7.5.54. nix realisation
      55. 7.5.55. nix realisation info
      56. 7.5.56. nix registry
      57. 7.5.57. nix registry add
      58. 7.5.58. nix registry list
      59. 7.5.59. nix registry pin
      60. 7.5.60. nix registry remove
      61. 7.5.61. nix repl
      62. 7.5.62. nix run
      63. 7.5.63. nix search
      64. 7.5.64. nix shell
      65. 7.5.65. nix show-config
      66. 7.5.66. nix store
      67. 7.5.67. nix store add-file
      68. 7.5.68. nix store add-path
      69. 7.5.69. nix store cat
      70. 7.5.70. nix store copy-log
      71. 7.5.71. nix store copy-sigs
      72. 7.5.72. nix store delete
      73. 7.5.73. nix store diff-closures
      74. 7.5.74. nix store dump-path
      75. 7.5.75. nix store gc
      76. 7.5.76. nix store ls
      77. 7.5.77. nix store make-content-addressed
      78. 7.5.78. nix store optimise
      79. 7.5.79. nix store path-from-hash-part
      80. 7.5.80. nix store ping
      81. 7.5.81. nix store prefetch-file
      82. 7.5.82. nix store repair
      83. 7.5.83. nix store sign
      84. 7.5.84. nix store verify
      85. 7.5.85. nix upgrade-nix
      86. 7.5.86. nix why-depends
    6. 7.6. Files
      1. 7.6.1. nix.conf
      2. 7.6.2. Profiles
        1. 7.6.2.1. manifest.nix
        2. 7.6.2.2. manifest.json
      3. 7.6.3. Channels
      4. 7.6.4. Default Nix expression
  8. 8. Architecture and Design
    1. 8.1. File System Object
  9. 9. Protocols
    1. 9.1. Serving Tarball Flakes
  10. 10. Glossary
  11. 11. Contributing
    1. 11.1. Hacking
    2. 11.2. Testing
    3. 11.3. Experimental Features
    4. 11.4. CLI guideline
    5. 11.5. C++ style guide
  12. 12. Release Notes
    1. 12.1. Release 2.17 (2023-07-24)
    2. 12.2. Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)
    3. 12.3. Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)
    4. 12.4. Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)
    5. 12.5. Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)
    6. 12.6. Release 2.12 (2022-12-06)
    7. 12.7. Release 2.11 (2022-08-25)
    8. 12.8. Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)
    9. 12.9. Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)
    10. 12.10. Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)
    11. 12.11. Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)
    12. 12.12. Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)
    13. 12.13. Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)
    14. 12.14. Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)
    15. 12.15. Release 2.3 (2019-09-04)
    16. 12.16. Release 2.2 (2019-01-11)
    17. 12.17. Release 2.1 (2018-09-02)
    18. 12.18. Release 2.0 (2018-02-22)
    19. 12.19. Release 1.11.10 (2017-06-12)
    20. 12.20. Release 1.11 (2016-01-19)
    21. 12.21. Release 1.10 (2015-09-03)
    22. 12.22. Release 1.9 (2015-06-12)
    23. 12.23. Release 1.8 (2014-12-14)
    24. 12.24. Release 1.7 (2014-04-11)
    25. 12.25. Release 1.6.1 (2013-10-28)
    26. 12.26. Release 1.6 (2013-09-10)
    27. 12.27. Release 1.5.2 (2013-05-13)
    28. 12.28. Release 1.5 (2013-02-27)
    29. 12.29. Release 1.4 (2013-02-26)
    30. 12.30. Release 1.3 (2013-01-04)
    31. 12.31. Release 1.2 (2012-12-06)
    32. 12.32. Release 1.1 (2012-07-18)
    33. 12.33. Release 1.0 (2012-05-11)
    34. 12.34. Release 0.16 (2010-08-17)
    35. 12.35. Release 0.15 (2010-03-17)
    36. 12.36. Release 0.14 (2010-02-04)
    37. 12.37. Release 0.13 (2009-11-05)
    38. 12.38. Release 0.12 (2008-11-20)
    39. 12.39. Release 0.11 (2007-12-31)
    40. 12.40. Release 0.10.1 (2006-10-11)
    41. 12.41. Release 0.10 (2006-10-06)
    42. 12.42. Release 0.9.2 (2005-09-21)
    43. 12.43. Release 0.9.1 (2005-09-20)
    44. 12.44. Release 0.9 (2005-09-16)
    45. 12.45. Release 0.8.1 (2005-04-13)
    46. 12.46. Release 0.8 (2005-04-11)
    47. 12.47. Release 0.7 (2005-01-12)
    48. 12.48. Release 0.6 (2004-11-14)
    49. 12.49. Release 0.5 and earlier

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