vix

vix

vix – a thin wrapper for interacting with the Nix CLI ecosystem.

Usage

vix [global-options] [<command>] [command-options] [arguments ...]

Options

vix accepts the following options:

    --help     display usage information and exit
    --version  display version and exit
-v, --verbose  verbosity [default: 0]

Sub Commands

vix provides the following sub commands:

install, i            add a package into a profile
uninstall, u          remove packages from a profile
upgrade, up           upgrade packages using their most recent flake
list, l               list the installed packages
rollback, a           roll back to a previous version of a profile
history, h            show all versions of a profile
wipe-history, wh      delete non-current versions of a profile
flake, f              flake commands
develop, d            run a dev shell
make                  run `make' inside a dev shell
command, exec         execute a command inside a dev shell
rebuild, rb           rebuild the system configuration from a flake
search                search for packages
find, /               search for packages in the `nixpkgs' flake
run                   run a Nix application
repl                  start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions
registry, r           manipulate the Nix registry
store, o              manipulate the Nix store
eval, e               evaluate a Nix expression
shell, sh             run a shell in which the specified packages are available
build                 build a derivation or fetch a store path
bundle                bundle an application so that it works outside of the Nix store
copy                  start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions
edit                  open the Nix expression of a Nix package in $EDITOR
daemon                daemon to perform store operations on behalf of non-root clients
config, conf          manage the Nix settings
hash                  compute and convert cryptographic hashes
key                   generate and convert Nix signing keys
nar                   create or inspect nar files
fmt, format           reformat your code in the standard style
path-info             query information about store paths
derivation, drv       work with derivations
why-depends, wd       show why a package has another package in its closure
print-dev-env, pde    print shell code of derivation
realisation           manipulate a Nix realisation
upgrade-nix, un       upgrade Nix to the latest stable version
collect-garbage, g    run the garbage collector
zsh-completions, zsh  generate the Zsh completion script
print-doc, doc, pd    print the documentation

vix install

vix install – add a package into a profile

Usage

vix install <package>...

Options

vix install accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Install a package from Nixpkgs:

vix i n#hello

Install a package from a specific Nixpkgs revision:

vix i nixpkgs/d734#hello

vix uninstall

vix uninstall – remove packages from a profile

Usage

vix uninstall <package>...

Options

vix uninstall accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Uninstall a package by name:

vix u hello

Remove all packages:

vix u -- --all

vix upgrade

vix upgrade – upgrade packages using their most recent flake

Usage

vix upgrade <package>...

Options

vix upgrade accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Upgrade a specific package by name:

vix up hello

vix list

vix list – list the installed packages

Usage

vix list 

Options

vix list accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

List packages installed in the default profile:

vix l

vix rollback

vix rollback – roll back to a previous version of a profile

Usage

vix rollback 

Options

vix rollback accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Roll back your default profile to the previous version:

vix b

Roll back your default profile to version 500:

vix b -- --to 500

vix history

vix history – show all versions of a profile

Usage

vix history 

Options

vix history accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show the changes between each version of your default profile:

vix h

vix wipe-history

vix wipe-history – delete non-current versions of a profile

Usage

vix wipe-history 

Options

vix wipe-history accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Delete all versions of the default profile older than 30 days:

vix wh -- --profile /tmp/profile --older-than 30d

vix flake

vix flake – flake commands

Usage

vix flake <command>

Options

vix flake accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix flake provides the following sub commands:

init, i      create a flake in the current directory
metadata, m  show flake metadata
show, s      show the outputs provided by a flake
update, u    update flake lock file
new, n       create a flake in the specified directory from a template
clone, c     clone flake repository
check, k     check whether the flake evaluates and run its tests
archive, a   copy a flake and all its inputs to a store
prefetch, p  download the flake source tree into the Nix store

vix flake init

vix flake init – create a flake in the current directory

Usage

vix flake init 

Options

vix flake init accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Create a flake using the default template:

vix f i

vix flake metadata

vix flake metadata – show flake metadata

Usage

vix flake metadata 

Options

vix flake metadata accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show flake metadata:

vix f m

vix flake show

vix flake show – show the outputs provided by a flake

Usage

vix flake show 

Options

vix flake show accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show the output attributes provided by the CWD flake:

vix f s

List available templates:

vix f s templates

vix flake update

vix flake update – update flake lock file

Usage

vix flake update 

Options

vix flake update accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Update all inputs:

vix f u

vix flake new

vix flake new – create a flake in the specified directory from a template

Usage

vix flake new <directory>

Options

vix flake new accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Create a flake in the directory `hello’:

vix f n hello

Create a flake in the directory =hello’ using the template=haskell-hello’:

vix f n hello -t templates#haskell-hello

vix flake clone

vix flake clone – clone flake repository

Usage

vix flake clone <flake>

Options

vix flake clone accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Check out the source code of the dwarffs flake:

vix f c dwarffs -- --dest dwarffs

vix flake check

vix flake check – check whether the flake evaluates and run its tests

Usage

vix flake check 

Options

vix flake check accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Evaluate the flake in the current directory, and build its checks:

vix f k

vix flake archive

vix flake archive – copy a flake and all its inputs to a store

Usage

vix flake archive 

Options

vix flake archive accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Fetch the dwarffs flake to the local Nix store:

vix f a dwarffs

vix flake prefetch

vix flake prefetch – download the flake source tree into the Nix store

Usage

vix flake prefetch 

Options

vix flake prefetch accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Download the dwarffs flake:

vix f p dwarffs

vix develop

vix develop – run a dev shell

Usage

vix develop [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix develop accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Run a dev shell:

vix d

Run a dev shell and run `htop’ inside:

vix d -- -c htop

vix make

vix make – run `make’ inside a dev shell

Usage

vix make [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix make accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Run `make’ inside a dev shell:

vix make

vix command

vix command – execute a command inside a dev shell

Usage

vix command command...

Options

vix command accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Run `ncdu’ inside a dev shell:

vix exec ncdu

vix rebuild

vix rebuild – rebuild the system configuration from a flake

Usage

vix rebuild [-f <flake>] [-s] [-u]

Options

vix rebuild accepts the following options:

    --help           display usage information and exit
    --version        display version and exit
-f, --flake <VALUE>  specify flake to use [default: /Users/ebzzry/etc/nix/]
-s, --switch         switch to profile after rebuild [default: TRUE]
-u, --upgrade        upgrade to latest version [default: FALSE]

Examples

Rebuild the system from the flake specified in `~/src/system/’:

vix rb -f ~/src/system -s

Rebuild the system from the default flake and switch to it:

vix rb -s

vix search

vix search – search for packages

Usage

vix search [-n|<flake>] <package>...

Options

vix search accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Search in =nixpkgs’ flake for packages named=firefox’:

vix search nixpkgs firefox

vix find

vix find – search for packages in the `nixpkgs’ flake

Usage

vix find <package>...

Options

vix find accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Search in =nixpkgs’ flake for packages named=firefox’:

vix / firefox

vix run

vix run – run a Nix application

Usage

vix run [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix run accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Run =vim’ from the=nixpkgs’ flake:

vix run n#vim

vix repl

vix repl – start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions

Usage

vix repl [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix repl accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Evaluate some simple Nix expressions:

vix repl

vix registry

vix registry – manipulate the Nix registry

Usage

vix registry <command>

Options

vix registry accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix registry provides the following sub commands:

list, l    list available Nix flakes
add        create a flake in the current directory
remove, r  remove flake from user flake registry
pin, p     pin a flake to its current version

vix registry list

vix registry list – list available Nix flakes

Usage

vix registry list 

Options

vix registry list accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show the contents of all registries:

vix r l

vix registry add

vix registry add – create a flake in the current directory

Usage

vix registry add <flake> <location>

Options

vix registry add accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Set the `nixpkgs’ flake identifier to a specific branch of Nixpkgs:

vix r a nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.03

vix registry remove

vix registry remove – remove flake from user flake registry

Usage

vix registry remove <flake>

Options

vix registry remove accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Remove the `nixpkgs’ flake from the registry:

vix r r nixpkgs

vix registry pin

vix registry pin – pin a flake to its current version

Usage

vix registry pin <flake>

Options

vix registry pin accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Pin the `nixpkgs’ flake to its most recent revision:

vix r p nixpkgs

vix store

vix store – manipulate the Nix store

Usage

vix store <command>

Options

vix store accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix store provides the following sub commands:

add, a                       add a file or directory to the Nix store
cat, c                       print the contents of a file in the Nix store on stdout
copy-log, cl                 copy build logs between Nix stores
copy-sigs, cs                copy store path signatures from substituters
delete, d                    delete paths from the Nix store
diff-closures, dc            show what packages and versions were added and removed
dump-path, dp                serialise a store path to stdout in NAR format
gc                           perform garbage collection on a Nix store
info, i                      test whether a store can be accessed
ls, l                        show information about a path in the Nix store
make-content-addressed, mka  rewrite a path or closure to content-addressed form
optimise, o                  replace identical files in the store by hard links
path-from-hash-part          get a store path from its hash part
prefetch-file, f             download a file into the Nix store
repair, r                    repair store paths
sign                         sign store paths with a local key
verify                       verify the integrity of store paths

vix store add

vix store add – add a file or directory to the Nix store

Usage

vix store add <location>

Options

vix store add accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Add a directory to the store:

vix o a ./dir

vix store cat

vix store cat – print the contents of a file in the Nix store on stdout

Usage

vix store cat <location>

Options

vix store cat accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show the contents of a file in a binary cache:

vix o c --store https://cache.nixos.org/ /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10/bin/hello

vix store copy-log

vix store copy-log – copy build logs between Nix stores

Usage

vix store copy-log <location>

Options

vix store copy-log accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Copy build logs between Nix stores:

vix o cl --from https://cache.nixos.org --eval-store auto n#hello

vix store copy-sigs

vix store copy-sigs – copy store path signatures from substituters

Usage

vix store copy-sigs 

Options

vix store copy-sigs accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Copy sigs:

vix o cs

vix store delete

vix store delete – delete paths from the Nix store

Usage

vix store delete <path>...

Options

vix store delete accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Delete a specific store path:

vix o d /nix/store/yb5q57zxv6hgqql42d5r8b5k5mcq6kay-hello-2.10

vix store diff-closures

vix store diff-closures – show what packages and versions were added and removed

Usage

vix store diff-closures <path>...

Options

vix store diff-closures accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show what got added and removed between two versions of the NixOS system profile:

vix o dc /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-655-link /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-658-link

vix store dump-path

vix store dump-path – serialise a store path to stdout in NAR format

Usage

vix store dump-path <path>

Options

vix store dump-path accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

To get a NAR from the binary cache https://cache.nixos.org/:

vix o dp -- --store https://cache.nixos.org/ /nix/store/7crrmih8c52r8fbnqb933dxrsp44md93-glibc-2.25 > glibc.nar

vix store gc

vix store gc – perform garbage collection on a Nix store

Usage

vix store gc 

Options

vix store gc accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Delete unreachable paths in the Nix store:

vix o gc

vix store info

vix store info – test whether a store can be accessed

Usage

vix store info <path>

Options

vix store info accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Test whether connecting to a remote Nix store via SSH works:

vix o i -- --store ssh://mac1

vix store ls

vix store ls – show information about a path in the Nix store

Usage

vix store ls <path>

Options

vix store ls accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

To list the contents of a store path in a binary cache:

vix o l -- --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --long --recursive /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10

vix store make-content-addressed

vix store make-content-addressed – rewrite a path or closure to content-addressed form

Usage

vix store make-content-addressed <path>

Options

vix store make-content-addressed accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Create a content-addressed representation of the closure of `hello’:

vix o mka n#hello

vix store optimise

vix store optimise – replace identical files in the store by hard links

Usage

vix store optimise 

Options

vix store optimise accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Optimise the Nix store:

vix o o

vix store path-from-hash-part

vix store path-from-hash-part – get a store path from its hash part

Usage

vix store path-from-hash-part <path>

Options

vix store path-from-hash-part accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Return the full store path with the given hash part:

vix o h --store https://cache.nixos.org/ 0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9

vix store prefetch-file

vix store prefetch-file – download a file into the Nix store

Usage

vix store prefetch-file <loca>tion

Options

vix store prefetch-file accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Download a file to the Nix store:

vix o f https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.10/nix-2.3.10.tar.xz

vix store repair

vix store repair – repair store paths

Usage

vix store repair <path>

Options

vix store repair accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Repair a store path, after determining that it is corrupt:

vix o r /nix/store/yb5q57zxv6hgqql42d5r8b5k5mcq6kay-hello-2.10

vix store sign

vix store sign – sign store paths with a local key

Usage

vix store sign 

Options

vix store sign accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Sign store:

vix o sign

vix store verify

vix store verify – verify the integrity of store paths

Usage

vix store verify 

Options

vix store verify accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Verify the entire Nix store:

vix o verify -- --all

vix eval

vix eval – evaluate a Nix expression

Usage

vix eval [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix eval accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Evaluate a Nix expression given on the command line:

vix e -- --expr '1 + 2'

Print the store path of the `hello’ package:

vix e -- --raw n#hello

vix shell

vix shell – run a shell in which the specified packages are available

Usage

vix shell [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix shell accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Start a shell providing =yt-dlp’ from the=nixpkgs’ flake:

vix sh n#yt-dlp

vix build

vix build – build a derivation or fetch a store path

Usage

vix build [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix build accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Build the default package from the flake in the current directory:

vix build

Build =hello’ and=cowsay’ from `nixpkgs’ flake, leaving two result symlinks:

vix build n#hello n#cowsay

vix bundle

vix bundle – bundle an application so that it works outside of the Nix store

Usage

vix bundle [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix bundle accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Bundle `hello’:

vix bundle n#vim

vix copy

vix copy – start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions

Usage

vix copy [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix copy accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Copy all store paths from a local binary cache:

vix copy -- --all --from file:///tmp/cache

vix edit

vix edit – open the Nix expression of a Nix package in $EDITOR

Usage

vix edit [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix edit accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Open the Nix expression of the `hello’ package:

vix edit n#hello

vix daemon

vix daemon – daemon to perform store operations on behalf of non-root clients

Usage

vix daemon [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix daemon accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Run the daemon:

vix daemon

Run the daemon and force all connections to be trusted:

vix daemon -- --force-trusted

vix config

vix config – manage the Nix settings

Usage

vix config <command>

Options

vix config accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix config provides the following sub commands:

show   show the Nix configuration or the value of a specific setting
check  check your system for potential problems

vix config show

vix config show – show the Nix configuration or the value of a specific setting

Usage

vix config show 

Options

vix config show accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show configuration:

vix conf show

vix config check

vix config check – check your system for potential problems

Usage

vix config check 

Options

vix config check accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Check for problems:

vix conf k

vix hash

vix hash – compute and convert cryptographic hashes

Usage

vix hash <command>

Options

vix hash accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix hash provides the following sub commands:

file, f     print hash of a regular file
path, p     print hash of the NAR serialisation of a path
convert, c  convert between hash formats

vix hash file

vix hash file – print hash of a regular file

Usage

vix hash file <file>

Options

vix hash file accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Print hash of `file.txt’:

vix hash f file.txt

vix hash path

vix hash path – print hash of the NAR serialisation of a path

Usage

vix hash path <path>

Options

vix hash path accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Print hash of path `/foo/bar/’:

vix hash p /foo/bar/

vix hash convert

vix hash convert – convert between hash formats

Usage

vix hash convert <path>

Options

vix hash convert accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Convert a hash:

vix hash c -- --hash-algo sha1 800d59cfcd3c05e900cb4e214be48f6b886a08df

vix key

vix key – generate and convert Nix signing keys

Usage

vix key <command>

Options

vix key accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix key provides the following sub commands:

convert, con   generate a public key for verifying store paths
generate, gen  generate a secret key for signing store paths

vix key convert

vix key convert – generate a public key for verifying store paths

Usage

vix key convert <key>

Options

vix key convert accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Convert a secret key to a public key:

vix key con foo

vix key generate

vix key generate – generate a secret key for signing store paths

Usage

vix key generate 

Options

vix key generate accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Generate a new secret key:

vix key gen -- --key-name cache.example.org-1 > ./secret-key

vix nar

vix nar – create or inspect nar files

Usage

vix nar <command>

Options

vix nar accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix nar provides the following sub commands:

cat, c        print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout
dump-path, d  serialise a path to stdout in NAR format
ls, l         show information about a path inside a NAR file

vix nar cat

vix nar cat – print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout

Usage

vix nar cat <file>

Options

vix nar cat accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

To display a file in a NAR file:

vix nar c ./hello.nar /share/man/man1/hello.1.gz | gunzip

vix nar dump-path

vix nar dump-path – serialise a path to stdout in NAR format

Usage

vix nar dump-path <path>

Options

vix nar dump-path accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

To serialise directory `foo’ as a NAR file:

vix nar d ./foo > foo.nar

vix nar ls

vix nar ls – show information about a path inside a NAR file

Usage

vix nar ls <path>

Options

vix nar ls accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

To list a specific file in a NAR file:

vix nar l -- --long ./hello.nar /bin/hello

vix fmt

vix fmt – reformat your code in the standard style

Usage

vix fmt [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix fmt accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Format the current flake:

vix fmt

vix path-info

vix path-info – query information about store paths

Usage

vix path-info [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix path-info accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Print the store path produced by n#hello:

vix pi n#hello

vix derivation

vix derivation – work with derivations

Usage

vix derivation <command>

Options

vix derivation accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Sub Commands

vix derivation provides the following sub commands:

add   add a store derivation
show  show the contents of a store derivation

vix derivation add

vix derivation add – add a store derivation

Usage

vix derivation add <path>

Options

vix derivation add accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Add a derivation:

vix drv dadd path

vix derivation show

vix derivation show – show the contents of a store derivation

Usage

vix derivation show <derivation>

Options

vix derivation show accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show the `hello’ derivation:

vix drv dshow n#hello

vix why-depends

vix why-depends – show why a package has another package in its closure

Usage

vix why-depends [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix why-depends accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show one path through the dependency graph leading from =hello’ to=glibc’:

vix wd n#hello n#glibc

vix print-dev-env

vix print-dev-env – print shell code of derivation

Usage

vix print-dev-env [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix print-dev-env accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Get the build environment of `hello’:

vix print-dev-env n#hello

vix realisation

vix realisation – manipulate a Nix realisation

Usage

vix realisation [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix realisation accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Show some information about the realisation of the package `hello’:

vix realisation n#hello

vix upgrade-nix

vix upgrade-nix – upgrade Nix to the latest stable version

Usage

vix upgrade-nix 

Options

vix upgrade-nix accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Upgrade Nix to the stable version declared in `nixpkgs’ flake:

vix upgrade-nix

vix collect-garbage

vix collect-garbage – run the garbage collector

Usage

vix collect-garbage [<argument>...|<option>...]

Options

vix collect-garbage accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Garbage collect:

vix g

Gargage collect and delete old versions:

vix g -- -d

vix zsh-completions

vix zsh-completions – generate the Zsh completion script

Usage

vix zsh-completions 

Options

vix zsh-completions accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Generate the Zsh completions of Vix and enable them:

vix zsh-completions > ~/.zsh-completions/_vix
cat >>! ~/.zshenv << EOF
fpath=(~/.zsh-completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit
compinit
EOF

vix print-doc

vix print-doc – print the documentation

Usage

vix print-doc 

Options

vix print-doc accepts the following options:

--help     display usage information and exit
--version  display version and exit

Examples

Generate the Markdown documentation of Vix and save it to README.md:

vix print-doc > README.md