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| author | William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com> | 2022-11-01T22·55-0700 |
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| committer | clbot <clbot@tvl.fyi> | 2022-11-01T23·04+0000 |
| commit | cb5a7e32af9db85fa788e3d3661680daa8d4927f (patch) | |
| tree | d51cb932b735d289ac9a5e3b391d630473ca4379 /users/wpcarro/website/blog/posts/nix-env-note.md | |
| parent | 1cd7678bdbbc160c13afb28a7ea31c01c9904432 (diff) | |
feat(wpcarro/blog): nix-env (note to self) r/5228
Thank you, tpw_rules from #nixos IRC :) Change-Id: Iebf07add10d96b38f318afaa175cfc0e35991df9 Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/7145 Reviewed-by: wpcarro <wpcarro@gmail.com> Autosubmit: wpcarro <wpcarro@gmail.com> Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
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diff --git a/users/wpcarro/website/blog/posts/nix-env-note.md b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/posts/nix-env-note.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8683c52e8fec --- /dev/null +++ b/users/wpcarro/website/blog/posts/nix-env-note.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +## Background + +Much in the same vain as my [nix-shell (note to self)][nix-shell-note], I'm +going to leave a note to my future self on how to install packages using +`nix-env`, which is something I do once in a blue moon. + +## Solution + +```shell +λ nix-env -iA tvix.eval -f /depot +``` + +Looks like I was forgetting the `-f /depot` option all this time: + +> --file / -f path +> Specifies the Nix expression (designated below as the active Nix +> expression) used by the --install, --upgrade, and --query --available +> operations to obtain derivations. The default is ~/.nix-defexpr. +> - `man nix-env` + +## Failed Attempts (don't try these at home) + +This section is brought to you by my shell's `Ctrl-r`! + +```shell +λ nix-env -I depot=/depot -iA depot.tvix.eval +λ NIX_PATH=depot=/depot nix-env -iA depot.tvix.eval +λ nix-env -iE '(import /depot {}).tvix.eval' +``` + +Thanks for reading! + +[nix-shell-note]: https://billandhiscomputer.com/blog/posts/nix-shell.html |