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# Name
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`nix-env --set` - set profile to contain a specified derivation
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## Synopsis
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`nix-env` `--set` *drvname*
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## Description
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The `--set` operation modifies the current generation of a profile so
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that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else.
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{{#include ./opt-common.md}}
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{{#include ../opt-common.md}}
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{{#include ./env-common.md}}
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{{#include ../env-common.md}}
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## Examples
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The following updates a profile such that its current generation will
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contain just Firefox:
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```console
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$ nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox
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```
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