Installation instructions for nix. Although I'm not sure that arbitrarily running shell scripts from the internet is a good thing. When I install an OS X app from the internet, at least it's signed.
Of course if thats not signed you still have a problem. Eternal chicken and egg issues. How do you install gpg to verify a gpg signature while verifying the gpg signature of gpg
Building packages on Debian like systems is a huge pain. Arch is much better but I need Debian/Ubuntu-like reliability.
git clone git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
cd nixpkgs
nix-build -A packagename
Note that the above command will simply download cached binaries where they are available, but if you make any changes to the build scripts nix will notice rebuild locally instead. This gives you the benefits of both source based and binary based package managers.
You will see packages for tons of stuff, including:
All these packages in one place, all installed through the same system and automatically built and tested on the Hydra build farm. Nix users have developed tools which automate (as much as possible) the creation of these packages.I really believe NixOS is the future of the Linux distro, and it's tragic that it's still relatively obscure. It revolutionizes the OS in a myriad of ways, getting everything into the same package repository is just the beginning. For instance, it's fully configuration managed out of the box, using the Nix package manager as its configuration mangement system. Puppet, ansible, saltstack, chef, etc. are all made obsolete. Sure, it still has some rough edges, but it's a great community to contribute to and is improving at a impressive clip. If you're interested in the other ways NixOS is better than whatever you're currently using, I refer you to the website: https://nixos.org/