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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-building-source">
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<title>Building Nix from Source</title>
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<para>After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the
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following commands:
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<screen>
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$ ./configure <replaceable>options...</replaceable>
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$ make
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$ make install</screen>
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Nix requires GNU Make so you may need to invoke
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<command>gmake</command> instead.</para>
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<para>When building from the Git repository, these should be preceded
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by the command:
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<screen>
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$ ./bootstrap.sh</screen>
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</para>
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<para>The installation path can be specified by passing the
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<option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to
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<command>configure</command>. The default installation directory is
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<filename>/usr/local</filename>. You can change this to any location
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you like. You must have write permission to the
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<replaceable>prefix</replaceable> path.</para>
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<para>Nix keeps its <emphasis>store</emphasis> (the place where
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packages are stored) in <filename>/nix/store</filename> by default.
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This can be changed using
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<option>--with-store-dir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para>
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<warning><para>It is best <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the Nix
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store from its default, since doing so makes it impossible to use
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pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs channels — that is, all
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packages will need to be built from source.</para></warning>
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<para>Nix keeps state (such as its database and log files) in
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<filename>/nix/var</filename> by default. This can be changed using
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<option>--localstatedir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para>
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</section>
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