Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix profile install - install a package into a profile
Synopsis
nix profile install [option...] installables...
Examples
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Install a package from Nixpkgs: # nix profile install nixpkgs#hello
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Install a package from a specific branch of Nixpkgs: # nix profile install nixpkgs/release-20.09#hello
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Install a package from a specific revision of Nixpkgs: # nix profile install nixpkgs/d73407e8e6002646acfdef0e39ace088bacc83da#hello
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Install a specific output of a package: # nix profile install nixpkgs#bash^man
Description
This command adds installables to a Nix profile.
Options
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--prioritypriorityThe priority of the package to install. 
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--profilepathThe profile to operate on. 
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Read installables from the standard input. No default installable applied. 
Common evaluation options
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--argname exprPass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. 
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--arg-from-filename pathPass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions. 
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--arg-from-stdinnamePass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions. 
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--argstrname stringPass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. 
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Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails. 
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--eval-storestore-urlThe URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations ( .drvfiles) and inputs referenced by them.
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Allow access to mutable paths and repositories. 
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--include/-IpathAdd path to the Nix search path. The Nix search path is initialized from the colon-separated NIX_PATHenvironment variable, and is used to look up the location of Nix expressions using paths enclosed in angle brackets (i.e.,<nixpkgs>).For instance, passing -I /home/eelco/Dev -I /etc/nixoswill cause Nix to look for paths relative to /home/eelco/Devand/etc/nixos, in that order. This is equivalent to setting theNIX_PATHenvironment variable to/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixosIt is also possible to match paths against a prefix. For example, passing -I nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch -I /etc/nixoswill cause Nix to search for <nixpkgs/path>in/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/pathand/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path.If a path in the Nix search path starts with http://orhttps://, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must consist of a single top-level directory. For example, passing-I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gztells Nix to download and use the current contents of the masterbranch in thenixpkgsrepository.The URLs of the tarballs from the official nixos.orgchannels (see the manual page fornix-channel) can be abbreviated aschannel:<channel-name>. For instance, the following two flags are equivalent:-I nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xzYou can also fetch source trees using flake URLs and add them to the search path. For instance, -I nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgsspecifies that the prefix nixpkgsshall refer to the source tree downloaded from thenixpkgsentry in the flake registry. Similarly,-I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05makes <nixpkgs>refer to a particular branch of theNixOS/nixpkgsrepository on GitHub.
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--override-flakeoriginal-ref resolved-refOverride the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref. 
Common flake-related options
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Commit changes to the flake's lock file. 
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--inputs-fromflake-urlUse the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries. 
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Don't allow lookups in the flake registries. DEPRECATED Use --no-use-registriesinstead.
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Do not allow any updates to the flake's lock file. 
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Do not write the flake's newly generated lock file. 
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--output-lock-fileflake-lock-pathWrite the given lock file instead of flake.lockwithin the top-level flake.
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--override-inputinput-path flake-urlOverride a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies--no-write-lock-file.
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Recreate the flake's lock file from scratch. DEPRECATED Use nix flake updateinstead.
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--reference-lock-fileflake-lock-pathRead the given lock file instead of flake.lockwithin the top-level flake.
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--update-inputinput-pathUpdate a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock file). DEPRECATED Use nix flake updateinstead.
Logging-related options
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Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. 
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--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs.
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--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. 
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Decrease the logging verbosity level. 
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level. 
Miscellaneous global options
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Show usage information. 
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Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. 
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--optionname valueSet the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
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Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. 
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During evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths. 
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Show version information. 
Options that change the interpretation of installables
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--exprexprInterpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression expr. 
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--file/-ffileInterpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in file. If file is the character -, then a Nix expression will be read from standard input. Implies --impure.
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.