Nix: An idea whose time has come

Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come by Osiris on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:55AM (#30396121)

I tried. I didn't feel like spending days learning their custom config language just to install a program I want to use. Ease of use is not a label I would apply to NixOS.

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Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come by nextos on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:47AM (#30396385)

Try NixOS with the new redesigned command line. It's much simpler. No idea why this is not getting advertised more widely, as it's been worked on for a few years already: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/779

For example, opening a temporary shell with, say, GIMP, is as simple as: nix run nixpkgs.gimp

If you want to check what packages are available for GIMP, because you are not sure what to run: nix search gimp

I tend to forget very convoluted commands, and I find the new nix much simpler than pacman or apt.

Documentation has also matured a lot, see: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Resources

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Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come by k__ on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:25AM (#30396978)

Where are the docs for the nix command?

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Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come by Smaug123 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:33AM (#30397019)

https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/experimental...

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Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come by k__ on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:42AM (#30397066)

thanks!

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