nix-shell
Start an interactive shell based on a Nix expression. More information: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/#sec-nix-shell.
- Start with nix expression in
shell.nix
ordefault.nix
in the current directory:nix-shell
- Run shell command in non-interactive shell and exit:
nix-shell --run "{{command}} {{command_arguments}}"
- Start with expression in
default.nix
in the current directory:nix-shell {{default.nix}}
- Start with packages loaded from nixpkgs:
nix-shell --packages {{package_name_1}} {{package_name_2}}
- Start with packages loaded from specific nixpkgs revision:
nix-shell --packages {{package_names}} -I nixpkgs={{https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixpkgs_revision.tar.gz}}
- Evaluate rest of file in specific interpreter, for use in
#!-scripts
(see https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/#use-as-a-interpreter):nix-shell -i {{interpreter}} --packages {{package_names}}
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