NIX

NIX
Description: User Level Purely Functional Package Manager
SHARCNET Package information: see NIX software page in web portal
Full list of SHARCNET supported software

Version Selection

Sets the path to nix scripts (orca only):

module load nix

Tab complete then gives the following:

[roberpj@orc-login2:~] nix-
nix-build             nix-env               nix-log2xml           nix-store
nix-channel           nix-generate-patches  nix-prefetch-url      nix-worker
nix-collect-garbage   nix-hash              nix-pull              
nix-copy-closure      nix-install-package   nix-push              
nix-daemon            nix-instantiate       nix-shell

References

o Nix Package Manager
http://nixos.org/nix/

o Official Nix/Nixpkgs/NixOS
https://github.com/NixOS

o Nix on SHARCNET (slides by Tyson Whitehead)
https://www.sharcnet.ca/help/images/5/5f/Tyson_nix_2015.pdf

o Exploring a new approach to package management (youtube video by Tyson Whitehead)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQE9WTLAPHQ