What is this?
Nix is a purely functional package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes installing software reliable and reproducible.
Nix is a purely functional package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes installing software reliable and reproducible.Is this one tool, or also a language and an operating system?This repository holds the core package manager itself, written in C++. The wider ecosystem - the Nixpkgs package collection and the NixOS distribution - lives in separate projects.
This repository holds the core package manager itself, written in C++. The wider ecosystem - the Nixpkgs package collection and the NixOS distribution - lives in separate projects.How do I get it installed?Follow the installation instructions and beginner tutorials on nix.dev; the README gives no direct install command. To build Nix from source instead, the Nix reference manual walks you through setting up a development environment.
Follow the installation instructions and beginner tutorials on nix.dev; the README gives no direct install command. To build Nix from source instead, the Nix reference manual walks you through setting up a development environment.Will it run on my Mac, or is it Linux-only?The README targets Linux and other Unix systems, which covers macOS. Windows is not mentioned.
The README targets Linux and other Unix systems, which covers macOS. Windows is not mentioned.What is Nixpkgs, and how is it related to this package manager?Nixpkgs is the package collection built on Nix - the README calls it the largest, most up-to-date free software repository in the world. Installing software with Nix usually means taking packages from it.
Nixpkgs is the package collection built on Nix - the README calls it the largest, most up-to-date free software repository in the world. Installing software with Nix usually means taking packages from it.What is NixOS, and do I have to switch to it to use Nix?NixOS is a separate Linux distribution that applies the same declarative approach to the whole operating system. You don't need it - Nix runs on ordinary Linux and Unix systems.
NixOS is a separate Linux distribution that applies the same declarative approach to the whole operating system. You don't need it - Nix runs on ordinary Linux and Unix systems.Where did the idea for Nix come from?Eelco Dolstra created Nix as the subject of his 2006 PhD thesis 'The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model', and a world-wide developer community has been developing it and the ecosystem around it ever since.
Eelco Dolstra created Nix as the subject of his 2006 PhD thesis 'The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model', and a world-wide developer community has been developing it and the ecosystem around it ever since.Which topics is it in?functional, linux-distribution, package-management, nixos, nix, declarative, functional-programming, c-plus-plus, unix, deployment, package-manager, cpp
functional, linux-distribution, package-management, nixos, nix, declarative, functional-programming, c-plus-plus, unix, deployment, package-manager, cpp