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# Name
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`nix-env` - manipulate or query Nix user environments
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# Synopsis
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`nix-env` *operation* [*options*] [*arguments…*]
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[`--option` *name* *value*]
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[`--arg` *name* *value*]
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[`--argstr` *name* *value*]
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[{`--file` | `-f`} *path*]
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[{`--profile` | `-p`} *path*]
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[`--system-filter` *system*]
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[`--dry-run`]
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# Description
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The command `nix-env` is used to manipulate Nix user environments. User
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environments are sets of software packages available to a user at some
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point in time. In other words, they are a synthesised view of the
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programs available in the Nix store. There may be many user
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environments: different users can have different environments, and
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individual users can switch between different environments.
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`nix-env` takes exactly one *operation* flag which indicates the
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subcommand to be performed. The following operations are available:
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- [`--install`](./nix-env/install.md)
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- [`--upgrade`](./nix-env/upgrade.md)
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- [`--uninstall`](./nix-env/uninstall.md)
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- [`--set`](./nix-env/set.md)
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- [`--set-flag`](./nix-env/set-flag.md)
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- [`--query`](./nix-env/query.md)
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- [`--switch-profile`](./nix-env/switch-profile.md)
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- [`--list-generations`](./nix-env/list-generations.md)
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- [`--delete-generations`](./nix-env/delete-generations.md)
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- [`--switch-generation`](./nix-env/switch-generation.md)
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- [`--rollback`](./nix-env/rollback.md)
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These pages can be viewed offline:
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- `man nix-env-<operation>`.
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Example: `man nix-env-install`
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- `nix-env --help --<operation>`
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Example: `nix-env --help --install`
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# Package sources
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`nix-env` can obtain packages from multiple sources:
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- An attribute set of derivations from:
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- The [default Nix expression](@docroot@/command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md) (by default)
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- A Nix file, specified via `--file`
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- A [profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/profiles.md), specified via `--from-profile`
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- A Nix expression that is a function which takes default expression as argument, specified via `--from-expression`
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- A [store path](@docroot@/store/store-path.md)
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# Selectors
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Several operations, such as [`nix-env --query`](./nix-env/query.md) and [`nix-env --install`](./nix-env/install.md), take a list of *arguments* that specify the packages on which to operate.
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Packages are identified based on a `name` part and a `version` part of a [symbolic derivation name](@docroot@/language/derivations.md#attr-name):
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- `name`: Everything up to but not including the first dash (`-`) that is *not* followed by a letter.
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- `version`: The rest, excluding the separating dash.
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> **Example**
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>
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> `nix-env` parses the symbolic derivation name `apache-httpd-2.0.48` as:
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>
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> ```json
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> {
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> "name": "apache-httpd",
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> "version": "2.0.48"
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> }
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> ```
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> **Example**
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>
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> `nix-env` parses the symbolic derivation name `firefox.*` as:
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>
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> ```json
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> {
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> "name": "firefox.*",
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> "version": ""
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> }
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> ```
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The `name` parts of the *arguments* to `nix-env` are treated as extended regular expressions and matched against the `name` parts of derivation names in the package source.
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The match is case-sensitive.
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The regular expression can optionally be followed by a dash (`-`) and a version number; if omitted, any version of the package will match.
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For details on regular expressions, see [**regex**(7)](https://linux.die.net/man/7/regex).
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> **Example**
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>
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> Common patterns for finding package names with `nix-env`:
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>
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> - `firefox`
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>
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> Matches the package name `firefox` and any version.
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>
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> - `firefox-32.0`
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>
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> Matches the package name `firefox` and version `32.0`.
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>
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> - `gtk\\+`
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>
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> Matches the package name `gtk+`.
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> 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.
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>
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> - `.\*`
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>
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> Matches any package name.
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> This is the default for most commands.
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>
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> - `'.*zip.*'`
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>
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> Matches any package name containing the string `zip`.
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> Note the dots: `'*zip*'` does not work, because in a regular expression, the character `*` is interpreted as a quantifier.
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>
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> - `'.*(firefox|chromium).*'`
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>
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> Matches any package name containing the strings `firefox` or `chromium`.
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# Files
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`nix-env` operates on the following files.
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{{#include ./files/default-nix-expression.md}}
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{{#include ./files/profiles.md}}
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