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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/delete-generations.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --delete-generations` - delete profile generations
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--delete-generations` *generations*
+
+# Description
+
+This operation deletes the specified generations of the current profile.
+The generations can be a list of generation numbers, the special value
+`old` to delete all non-current generations, a value such as `30d` to
+delete all generations older than the specified number of days (except
+for the generation that was active at that point in time), or a value
+such as `+5` to keep the last `5` generations ignoring any newer than
+current, e.g., if `30` is the current generation `+5` will delete
+generation `25` and all older generations. Periodically deleting old
+generations is important to make garbage collection effective.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations 3 4 8
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations +5
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --delete-generations 30d
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -p other_profile --delete-generations old
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/env-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/env-common.md
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index 000000000..735817959
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Environment variables
+
+- `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.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/install.md
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# Name
+
+`nix-env --install` - add packages to user environment
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--install` | `-i`} *args…*
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
+  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
+  [`--from-profile` *path*]
+  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
+  [`--remove-all` | `-r`]
+
+# Description
+
+The install operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, to which a set of store paths
+described by *args* is added. The arguments *args* map to store paths in
+a number of possible ways:
+
+  - By default, *args* is a set of derivation names denoting derivations
+    in the active Nix expression. These are realised, and the resulting
+    output paths are installed. Currently installed derivations with a
+    name equal to the name of a derivation being added are removed
+    unless the option `--preserve-installed` is specified.
+
+    If there are multiple derivations matching a name in *args* that
+    have the same name (e.g., `gcc-3.3.6` and `gcc-4.1.1`), then the
+    derivation with the highest *priority* is used. A derivation can
+    define a priority by declaring the `meta.priority` attribute. This
+    attribute should be a number, with a higher value denoting a lower
+    priority. The default priority is `0`.
+
+    If there are multiple matching derivations with the same priority,
+    then the derivation with the highest version will be installed.
+
+    You can force the installation of multiple derivations with the same
+    name by being specific about the versions. For instance, `nix-env -i
+    gcc-3.3.6 gcc-4.1.1` will install both version of GCC (and will
+    probably cause a user environment conflict\!).
+
+  - If `--attr` (`-A`) is specified, the arguments are *attribute
+    paths* that select attributes from the top-level Nix
+    expression. This is faster than using derivation names and
+    unambiguous. To find out the attribute paths of available
+    packages, use `nix-env -qaP`.
+
+  - If `--from-profile` *path* is given, *args* is a set of names
+    denoting installed store paths in the profile *path*. This is an
+    easy way to copy user environment elements from one profile to
+    another.
+
+  - If `--from-expression` is given, *args* are Nix
+    [functions](@docroot@/language/constructs.md#functions)
+    that are called with the active Nix expression as their single
+    argument. The derivations returned by those function calls are
+    installed. This allows derivations to be specified in an
+    unambiguous way, which is necessary if there are multiple
+    derivations with the same name.
+
+  - If *args* are [store derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation), then these are
+    [realised](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md), and the resulting output paths
+    are installed.
+
+  - If *args* are store paths that are not store derivations, then these
+    are [realised](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-store/realise.md) and installed.
+
+  - By default all outputs are installed for each derivation. That can
+    be reduced by setting `meta.outputsToInstall`.
+
+# Flags
+
+  - `--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`\
+    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
+    lead to an error in building the generation, due to file name
+    clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for
+    all packages.
+
+  - `--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.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+To install a package using a specific attribute path from the active Nix expression:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -iA gcc40mips
+installing `gcc-4.0.2'
+$ nix-env -iA xorg.xorgserver
+installing `xorg-server-1.2.0'
+```
+
+To install a specific version of `gcc` using the derivation name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --install gcc-3.3.2
+installing `gcc-3.3.2'
+uninstalling `gcc-3.1'
+```
+
+Using attribute path for selecting a package is preferred,
+as it is much faster and there will not be multiple matches.
+
+Note the previously installed version is removed, since
+`--preserve-installed` was not specified.
+
+To install an arbitrary version:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --install gcc
+installing `gcc-3.3.2'
+```
+
+To install all derivations in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ~/foo.nix -i '.*'
+```
+
+To copy the store path with symbolic name `gcc` from another profile:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/foo gcc
+```
+
+To install a specific [store derivation] (typically created by
+`nix-instantiate`):
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i /nix/store/fibjb1bfbpm5mrsxc4mh2d8n37sxh91i-gcc-3.4.3.drv
+```
+
+To install a specific output path:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -i /nix/store/y3cgx0xj1p4iv9x0pnnmdhr8iyg741vk-gcc-3.4.3
+```
+
+To install from a Nix expression specified on the command-line:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -i -E \
+    'f: (f {system = "i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava'
+```
+
+I.e., this evaluates to `(f: (f {system =
+"i686-linux";}).subversionWithJava) (import ./foo.nix)`, thus selecting
+the `subversionWithJava` attribute from the set returned by calling the
+function defined in `./foo.nix`.
+
+A dry-run tells you which paths will be downloaded or built from source:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA hello --dry-run
+(dry run; not doing anything)
+installing ‘hello-2.10’
+this path will be fetched (0.04 MiB download, 0.19 MiB unpacked):
+  /nix/store/wkhdf9jinag5750mqlax6z2zbwhqb76n-hello-2.10
+  ...
+```
+
+To install Firefox from the latest revision in the Nixpkgs/NixOS 14.12
+channel:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz -iA firefox
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/list-generations.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/list-generations.md
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index 000000000..a4881ece8
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@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Name
+
+`nix-env --list-generations` - list profile generations
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--list-generations`
+
+# Description
+
+This operation print a list of all the currently existing generations
+for the active profile. These may be switched to using the
+`--switch-generation` operation. It also prints the creation date of the
+generation, and indicates the current generation.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --list-generations
+  95   2004-02-06 11:48:24
+  96   2004-02-06 11:49:01
+  97   2004-02-06 16:22:45
+  98   2004-02-06 16:24:33   (current)
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/opt-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/opt-common.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..636281b6d
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Options
+
+The following options are allowed for all `nix-env` operations, but may not always have an effect.
+
+  - `--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
+    `~/.nix-defexpr`.
+
+    If the argument starts with `http://` or `https://`, it is
+    interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and
+    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*\
+    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`\
+    For the `--install`, `--upgrade`, `--uninstall`,
+    `--switch-generation`, `--delete-generations` and `--rollback`
+    operations, this flag will cause `nix-env` to print what *would* be
+    done if this flag had not been specified, without actually doing it.
+
+    `--dry-run` also prints out which paths will be
+    [substituted](@docroot@/glossary.md) (i.e., downloaded) and which paths
+    will be built from source (because no substitute is available).
+
+  - `--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*.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/query.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --query` - display information about packages
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--query` | `-q`} *names…*
+  [`--installed` | `--available` | `-a`]
+  [{`--status` | `-s`}]
+  [{`--attr-path` | `-P`}]
+  [`--no-name`]
+  [{`--compare-versions` | `-c`}]
+  [`--system`]
+  [`--drv-path`]
+  [`--out-path`]
+  [`--description`]
+  [`--meta`]
+  [`--xml`]
+  [`--json`]
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`} *attribute-path*]
+
+# Description
+
+The query operation displays information about either the store paths
+that are installed in the current generation of the active profile
+(`--installed`), or the derivations that are available for installation
+in the active Nix expression (`--available`). It only prints information
+about derivations whose symbolic name matches one of *names*.
+
+The derivations are sorted by their `name` attributes.
+
+# Source selection
+
+The following flags specify the set of things on which the query
+operates.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    The query operates on the derivations that are available in the
+    active Nix expression.
+
+# Queries
+
+The following flags specify what information to display about the
+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`\
+    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`\
+    Print the result in a JSON representation suitable for automatic
+    processing by other tools.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    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
+    active profile. This is by definition the case for `--installed`,
+    but not for `--available`. The second is `P` or `-`, indicating
+    whether the derivation is present on the system. This indicates
+    whether installation of an available derivation will require the
+    derivation to be built. The third is `S` or `-`, indicating whether
+    a substitute is available for the derivation.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    Suppress printing of the `name` attribute of each derivation.
+
+  - `--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*\
+        A newer version of the package is available or installed.
+
+      - `=` *version*\
+        At most the same version of the package is available or
+        installed.
+
+      - `>` *version*\
+        Only older versions of the package are available or installed.
+
+      - `- ?`\
+        No version of the package is available or installed.
+
+  - `--system`\
+    Print the `system` attribute of the derivation.
+
+  - `--drv-path`\
+    Print the path of the [store derivation](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation).
+
+  - `--out-path`\
+    Print the output path of the derivation.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    Print all of the meta-attributes of the derivation. This option is
+    only available with `--xml` or `--json`.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+To show installed packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -q
+bison-1.875c
+docbook-xml-4.2
+firefox-1.0.4
+MPlayer-1.0pre7
+ORBit2-2.8.3
+…
+```
+
+To show available packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa
+firefox-1.0.7
+GConf-2.4.0.1
+MPlayer-1.0pre7
+ORBit2-2.8.3
+…
+```
+
+To show the status of available packages:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qas
+-P- firefox-1.0.7   (not installed but present)
+--S GConf-2.4.0.1   (not present, but there is a substitute for fast installation)
+--S MPlayer-1.0pre3 (i.e., this is not the installed MPlayer, even though the version is the same!)
+IP- ORBit2-2.8.3    (installed and by definition present)
+…
+```
+
+To show available packages in the Nix expression `foo.nix`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f ./foo.nix -qa
+foo-1.2.3
+```
+
+To compare installed versions to what’s available:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qc
+...
+acrobat-reader-7.0 - ?      (package is not available at all)
+autoconf-2.59      = 2.59   (same version)
+firefox-1.0.4      < 1.0.7  (a more recent version is available)
+...
+```
+
+To show all packages with “`zip`” in the name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa '.*zip.*'
+bzip2-1.0.6
+gzip-1.6
+zip-3.0
+…
+```
+
+To show all packages with “`firefox`” or “`chromium`” in the name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -qa '.*(firefox|chromium).*'
+chromium-37.0.2062.94
+chromium-beta-38.0.2125.24
+firefox-32.0.3
+firefox-with-plugins-13.0.1
+…
+```
+
+To show all packages in the latest revision of the Nixpkgs repository:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -qa
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/rollback.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/rollback.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Name
+
+`nix-env --rollback` - set user environment to previous generation
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--rollback`
+
+# Description
+
+This operation switches to the “previous” generation of the active
+profile, that is, the highest numbered generation lower than the current
+generation, if it exists. It is just a convenience wrapper around
+`--list-generations` and `--switch-generation`.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --rollback
+switching from generation 92 to 91
+```
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --rollback
+error: no generation older than the current (91) exists
+```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set-flag.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63f0a0ff9
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@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Name
+
+`nix-env --set-flag` - modify meta attributes of installed packages
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--set-flag` *name* *value* *drvnames*
+
+# Description
+
+The `--set-flag` operation allows meta attributes of installed packages
+to be modified. There are several attributes that can be usefully
+modified, because they affect the behaviour of `nix-env` or the user
+environment build script:
+
+  - `priority` can be changed to resolve filename clashes. The user
+    environment build script uses the `meta.priority` attribute of
+    derivations to resolve filename collisions between packages. Lower
+    priority values denote a higher priority. For instance, the GCC
+    wrapper package and the Binutils package in Nixpkgs both have a file
+    `bin/ld`, so previously if you tried to install both you would get a
+    collision. Now, on the other hand, the GCC wrapper declares a higher
+    priority than Binutils, so the former’s `bin/ld` is symlinked in the
+    user environment.
+
+  - `keep` can be set to `true` to prevent the package from being
+    upgraded or replaced. This is useful if you want to hang on to an
+    older version of a package.
+
+  - `active` can be set to `false` to “disable” the package. That is, no
+    symlinks will be generated to the files of the package, but it
+    remains part of the profile (so it won’t be garbage-collected). It
+    can be set back to `true` to re-enable the package.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+To prevent the currently installed Firefox from being upgraded:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --set-flag keep true firefox
+```
+
+After this, `nix-env -u` will ignore Firefox.
+
+To disable the currently installed Firefox, then install a new Firefox
+while the old remains part of the profile:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -q
+firefox-2.0.0.9 (the current one)
+
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
+building path(s) `/nix/store/myy0y59q3ig70dgq37jqwg1j0rsapzsl-user-environment'
+collision between `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.11/bin/firefox'
+  and `/nix/store/...-firefox-2.0.0.9/bin/firefox'.
+(i.e., can’t have two active at the same time)
+
+$ nix-env --set-flag active false firefox
+setting flag on `firefox-2.0.0.9'
+
+$ nix-env --preserve-installed -i firefox-2.0.0.11
+installing `firefox-2.0.0.11'
+
+$ nix-env -q
+firefox-2.0.0.11 (the enabled one)
+firefox-2.0.0.9 (the disabled one)
+```
+
+To make files from `binutils` take precedence over files from `gcc`:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --set-flag priority 5 binutils
+$ nix-env --set-flag priority 10 gcc
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/set.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1cf75739
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Name
+
+`nix-env --set` - set profile to contain a specified derivation
+
+## Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` `--set` *drvname*
+
+## Description
+
+The `--set` operation modifies the current generation of a profile so
+that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+## Examples
+
+The following updates a profile such that its current generation will
+contain just Firefox:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-generation.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --switch-generation` - set user environment to given profile generation
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--switch-generation` | `-G`} *generation*
+
+# Description
+
+This operation makes generation number *generation* the current
+generation of the active profile. That is, if the `profile` is the path
+to the active profile, then the symlink `profile` is made to point to
+`profile-generation-link`, which is in turn a symlink to the actual user
+environment in the Nix store.
+
+Switching will fail if the specified generation does not exist.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -G 42
+switching from generation 50 to 42
+```
+
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/switch-profile.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --switch-profile` - set user environment to given profile
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--switch-profile` | `-S`} *path*
+
+# Description
+
+This operation makes *path* the current profile for the user. That is,
+the symlink `~/.nix-profile` is made to point to *path*.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -S ~/my-profile
+```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/uninstall.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --uninstall` - remove packages from user environment
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--uninstall` | `-e`} *drvnames…*
+
+# Description
+
+The uninstall operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, from which the store paths
+designated by the symbolic names *drvnames* are removed.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --uninstall gcc
+$ nix-env -e '.*' (remove everything)
+```
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-env/upgrade.md
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+# Name
+
+`nix-env --upgrade` - upgrade packages in user environment
+
+# Synopsis
+
+`nix-env` {`--upgrade` | `-u`} *args*
+  [`--lt` | `--leq` | `--eq` | `--always`]
+  [{`--prebuilt-only` | `-b`}]
+  [{`--attr` | `-A`}]
+  [`--from-expression`] [`-E`]
+  [`--from-profile` *path*]
+  [`--preserve-installed` | `-P`]
+
+# Description
+
+The upgrade operation creates a new user environment, based on the
+current generation of the active profile, in which all store paths are
+replaced for which there are newer versions in the set of paths
+described by *args*. Paths for which there are no newer versions are
+left untouched; this is not an error. It is also not an error if an
+element of *args* matches no installed derivations.
+
+For a description of how *args* is mapped to a set of store paths, see
+[`--install`](#operation---install). If *args* describes multiple
+store paths with the same symbolic name, only the one with the highest
+version is installed.
+
+# Flags
+
+  - `--lt`\
+    Only upgrade a derivation to newer versions. This is the default.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    *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`\
+    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
+    active Nix expression.
+
+  - `--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`\
+    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
+    lead to an error in building the generation, due to file name
+    clashes between the two versions. However, this is not the case for
+    all packages.
+
+{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ./env-common.md}}
+
+{{#include ../env-common.md}}
+
+# Examples
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.gcc
+upgrading `gcc-3.3.1' to `gcc-3.4'
+```
+
+When there are no updates available, nothing will happen:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.pan
+```
+
+Using `-A` is preferred when possible, as it is faster and unambiguous but
+it is also possible to upgrade to a specific version by matching the derivation name:
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -u gcc-3.3.2 --always
+upgrading `gcc-3.4' to `gcc-3.3.2'
+```
+
+To try to upgrade everything
+(matching packages based on the part of the derivation name without version):
+
+```console
+$ nix-env -u
+upgrading `hello-2.1.2' to `hello-2.1.3'
+upgrading `mozilla-1.2' to `mozilla-1.4'
+```
+
+# Versions
+
+The upgrade operation determines whether a derivation `y` is an upgrade
+of a derivation `x` by looking at their respective `name` attributes.
+The names (e.g., `gcc-3.3.1` are split into two parts: the package name
+(`gcc`), and the version (`3.3.1`). The version part starts after the
+first dash not followed by a letter. `y` is considered an upgrade of `x`
+if their package names match, and the version of `y` is higher than that
+of `x`.
+
+The versions are compared by splitting them into contiguous components
+of numbers and letters. E.g., `3.3.1pre5` is split into `[3, 3, 1,
+"pre", 5]`. These lists are then compared lexicographically (from left
+to right). Corresponding components `a` and `b` are compared as follows.
+If they are both numbers, integer comparison is used. If `a` is an empty
+string and `b` is a number, `a` is considered less than `b`. The special
+string component `pre` (for *pre-release*) is considered to be less than
+other components. String components are considered less than number
+components. Otherwise, they are compared lexicographically (i.e., using
+case-sensitive string comparison).
+
+This is illustrated by the following examples:
+
+    1.0 < 2.3
+    2.1 < 2.3
+    2.3 = 2.3
+    2.5 > 2.3
+    3.1 > 2.3
+    2.3.1 > 2.3
+    2.3.1 > 2.3a
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3
+    2.3pre3 < 2.3pre12
+    2.3a < 2.3c
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3c
+    2.3pre1 < 2.3q
+