Re:What Is Nix?
by dataflow on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:20PM
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>> Say I happen to install package X via apt and Y via nix, and both of them depend on Z (in apt and nix respectively)
> That actually is impossible, Nix will only depend on packages in nix, and nothing else. So whatever you have installed won't affect it.
You misunderstood the scenario. X, Y, Z are package names here. Like Z might be openssh, and it might have dependent X in apt, and Y in nix. You'd get an apt installation of Z and a nix installation of Z.
> That actually is impossible, Nix will only depend on packages in nix, and nothing else. So whatever you have installed won't affect it.
You misunderstood the scenario. X, Y, Z are package names here. Like Z might be openssh, and it might have dependent X in apt, and Y in nix. You'd get an apt installation of Z and a nix installation of Z.