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 now gives:

[roberpj@orc-login2:~] nix-
nix-build.in             nix-http-export.cgi.in   nix-push.in
nix-channel.in           nix-install-package.in   nix-reduce-build.in
nix-copy-closure.in      nix-prefetch-url.in      
nix-generate-patches.in  nix-pull.in

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