Nix

• Nix is a package manager which comes in a form of many command line tools.
• Packages that Nix can build are defined with the Nix Expression Language.
• Link to the official documentation for the Nix ecosystem → https://nix.dev
• Link to the latest reference manual → https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest

Installation

• For Windows (via WSL) installation, read Nix on WSL.
• For macOS installation, read Nix on macOS.
• For Linux installation, read Nix on Linux.

Nix Concepts

1. Nix Shell - to create shell environments and install useful packages within that environment

   • Ad-Hoc (Imperative) Shell Environment
   • Declarative Shell Environment

2. direnv - for the automatic environment activation

3. Nix Flakes

4. Home Manager

5. Nixpkgs

6. Nix Channels