Hermetic / Reliable builds and deployments of applications in the Cloud and more.

Nix is an open source build tool that helps you package and deliver any application in a reproducible way. NixOS is a linux distribution built upon the Nix package manager that brings reliable/predictable deployments at your fingertips.

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Install Nix

curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Search for packages

nix-env -qaP firefox
nixpkgs.firefox-esr firefox-68.5.0esr
nixpkgs.firefox-esr-wrapper firefox-68.5.0esr
nixpkgs.firefox firefox-73.0.1
nixpkgs.firefox-wayland firefox-73.0.1
nixpkgs.firefox-wrapper firefox-73.0.1
nixpkgs.firefoxWrapper firefox-73.0.1

Install a package

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox
installing 'firefox-73.0.1'
...
building '/nix/store/jyi3glna0k1k1d42a3jkfpnjl5ikkva5-user-environment.drv'...

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