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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md index 1c23bb0ad..9138fa05a 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env.md @@ -36,27 +36,27 @@ case-sensitive. The regular expression can optionally be followed by a dash and a version number; if omitted, any version of the package will match. Here are some examples: - - `firefox` + - `firefox`\ Matches the package name `firefox` and any version. - - `firefox-32.0` + - `firefox-32.0`\ Matches the package name `firefox` and version `32.0`. - - `gtk\\+` + - `gtk\\+`\ Matches the package name `gtk+`. The `+` character must be escaped using a backslash to prevent it from being interpreted as a quantifier, and the backslash must be escaped in turn with another backslash to ensure that the shell passes it on. - - `.\*` + - `.\*`\ Matches any package name. This is the default for most commands. - - `'.*zip.*'` + - `'.*zip.*'`\ Matches any package name containing the string `zip`. Note the dots: `'*zip*'` does not work, because in a regular expression, the character `*` is interpreted as a quantifier. - - `'.*(firefox|chromium).*'` + - `'.*(firefox|chromium).*'`\ Matches any package name containing the strings `firefox` or `chromium`. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This section lists the options that are common to all operations. These options are allowed for every subcommand, though they may not always have an effect. - - `--file` / `-f` *path* + - `--file` / `-f` *path*\ Specifies the Nix expression (designated below as the *active Nix expression*) used by the `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query --available` operations to obtain derivations. The default is @@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ have an effect. unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must include a single top-level directory containing at least a file named `default.nix`. - - `--profile` / `-p` *path* + - `--profile` / `-p` *path*\ Specifies the profile to be used by those operations that operate on a profile (designated below as the *active profile*). A profile is a sequence of user environments called *generations*, one of which is the *current generation*. - - `--dry-run` + - `--dry-run`\ For the `--install`, `--upgrade`, `--uninstall`, `--switch-generation`, `--delete-generations` and `--rollback` operations, this flag will cause `nix-env` to print what *would* be @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ have an effect. [substituted](../glossary.md) (i.e., downloaded) and which paths will be built from source (because no substitute is available). - - `--system-filter` *system* + - `--system-filter` *system*\ By default, operations such as `--query --available` show derivations matching any platform. This option allows you to use derivations for the specified platform *system*. @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ have an effect. # Files - - `~/.nix-defexpr` + - `~/.nix-defexpr`\ The source for the default Nix expressions used by the `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query --available` operations to obtain derivations. The `--file` option may be used to override @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ have an effect. The command `nix-channel` places symlinks to the downloaded Nix expressions from each subscribed channel in this directory. - - `~/.nix-profile` + - `~/.nix-profile`\ A symbolic link to the user's current profile. By default, this symlink points to `prefix/var/nix/profiles/default`. The `PATH` environment variable should include `~/.nix-profile/bin` for the @@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ a number of possible ways: ## Flags - - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b` + - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\ Use only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu of building the derivation. Thus, no packages will be built from source. - - `--preserve-installed`; `-P` + - `--preserve-installed`; `-P`\ Do not remove derivations with a name matching one of the derivations being installed. Usually, trying to have two versions of the same package installed in the same generation of a profile will @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ a number of possible ways: clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for all packages. - - `--remove-all`; `-r` + - `--remove-all`; `-r`\ Remove all previously installed packages first. This is equivalent to running `nix-env -e '.*'` first, except that everything happens in a single transaction. @@ -346,24 +346,24 @@ version is installed. ## Flags - - `--lt` + - `--lt`\ Only upgrade a derivation to newer versions. This is the default. - - `--leq` + - `--leq`\ In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to derivations that have the same version. Version are not a unique identification of a derivation, so there may be many derivations that have the same version. This flag may be useful to force “synchronisation” between the installed and available derivations. - - `--eq` + - `--eq`\ *Only* “upgrade” to derivations that have the same version. This may not seem very useful, but it actually is, e.g., when there is a new release of Nixpkgs and you want to replace installed applications with the same versions built against newer dependencies (to reduce the number of dependencies floating around on your system). - - `--always` + - `--always`\ In addition to upgrading to newer versions, also “upgrade” to derivations that have the same or a lower version. I.e., derivations may actually be downgraded depending on what is available in the @@ -578,11 +578,11 @@ The derivations are sorted by their `name` attributes. The following flags specify the set of things on which the query operates. - - `--installed` + - `--installed`\ The query operates on the store paths that are installed in the current generation of the active profile. This is the default. - - `--available`; `-a` + - `--available`; `-a`\ The query operates on the derivations that are available in the active Nix expression. @@ -593,24 +593,24 @@ selected derivations. Multiple flags may be specified, in which case the information is shown in the order given here. Note that the name of the derivation is shown unless `--no-name` is specified. - - `--xml` + - `--xml`\ Print the result in an XML representation suitable for automatic processing by other tools. The root element is called `items`, which contains a `item` element for each available or installed derivation. The fields discussed below are all stored in attributes of the `item` elements. - - `--json` + - `--json`\ Print the result in a JSON representation suitable for automatic processing by other tools. - - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b` + - `--prebuilt-only` / `-b`\ Show only derivations for which a substitute is registered, i.e., there is a pre-built binary available that can be downloaded in lieu of building the derivation. Thus, this shows all packages that probably can be installed quickly. - - `--status`; `-s` + - `--status`; `-s`\ Print the *status* of the derivation. The status consists of three characters. The first is `I` or `-`, indicating whether the derivation is currently installed in the current generation of the @@ -621,49 +621,49 @@ derivation is shown unless `--no-name` is specified. derivation to be built. The third is `S` or `-`, indicating whether a substitute is available for the derivation. - - `--attr-path`; `-P` + - `--attr-path`; `-P`\ Print the *attribute path* of the derivation, which can be used to unambiguously select it using the `--attr` option available in commands that install derivations like `nix-env --install`. This option only works together with `--available` - - `--no-name` + - `--no-name`\ Suppress printing of the `name` attribute of each derivation. - - `--compare-versions` / `-c` + - `--compare-versions` / `-c`\ Compare installed versions to available versions, or vice versa (if `--available` is given). This is useful for quickly seeing whether upgrades for installed packages are available in a Nix expression. A column is added with the following meaning: - - `<` *version* + - `<` *version*\ A newer version of the package is available or installed. - - `=` *version* + - `=` *version*\ At most the same version of the package is available or installed. - - `>` *version* + - `>` *version*\ Only older versions of the package are available or installed. - - `- ?` + - `- ?`\ No version of the package is available or installed. - - `--system` + - `--system`\ Print the `system` attribute of the derivation. - - `--drv-path` + - `--drv-path`\ Print the path of the store derivation. - - `--out-path` + - `--out-path`\ Print the output path of the derivation. - - `--description` + - `--description`\ Print a short (one-line) description of the derivation, if available. The description is taken from the `meta.description` attribute of the derivation. - - `--meta` + - `--meta`\ Print all of the meta-attributes of the derivation. This option is only available with `--xml` or `--json`. @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ error: no generation older than the current (91) exists # Environment variables - - `NIX_PROFILE` + - `NIX_PROFILE`\ Location of the Nix profile. Defaults to the target of the symlink `~/.nix-profile`, if it exists, or `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` otherwise. |