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# Nix
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Nix, the purely functional package manager
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Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package
management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual)
for more details.
Nix is a new take on package management that is fairly unique. Because of its
purity aspects, a lot of issues found in traditional package managers don't
appear with Nix.
## Installation
To find out more about the tool, usage and installation instructions, please
read the manual, which is available on the Nix website at
<https://nixos.org/nix/manual>.
On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command
(as a user other than root):
## Contributing
```
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
```
Take a look at the [Hacking Section](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-hacking)
of the manual. It helps you to get started with building Nix from source.
Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download page](https://nixos.org/download.html).
## Building And Developing
### Building Nix
You can build Nix via Nix via one of the targets provided by [release.nix](./release.nix):
```
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
```
### Development Environment
You can use the provided `shell.nix` to easily bootstrap working development environment:
```
$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
```
## Additional Resources
- [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual)
- [Nix jobs on nixos.hydra.org](https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nix)
- [Nix - A One Pager](https://github.com/tazjin/nix-1p)
- [NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/)
- #nix / #nixos on irc.freenode.net
## License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1
Nix is released under the [LGPL v2.1](./COPYING)