Nix
Nix package manager
http://nixos.org/nix/
a purely functional package manager
Nix is a purely functional package manager that allows transactional upgrades and roll-back, per-user unprivileged package management, garbage collection, and referentially-transparent build processes.
It was originally written by Eelco Dolstra as a doctoral project at Utrecht University, and is currently maintained at Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands.
Documentation
Documentation available at https://nixos.org/nix/manual/
IRC general channel- irc://irc:irc.freenode.net/#nixos
Download
https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-1.11.1/
version 1.11.1
(stable)
released on 20 January 2016
VCS Checkout
git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.gitCategories
Related Projects
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| License:LGPLv2.1orlater | Genium | 10 November 2013 |
Leaders and contributors
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby (Ref) | https://rubygems.org/gems/nix | |
| User | Download | https://nixos.org/nix/download.html |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | https://github.com/NixOS/nix |
| Wiki | Homepage | https://nixos.org/wiki/ |
| Emacs | Homepage | https://nixos.org/wiki/Emacs_configuration |
| Python (Ref) | https://pypi.org/project/nix |
Software prerequisites
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 29 March 2018.
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