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This page provides guides for getting things done with Nix, covering recipes, best practices, and troubleshooting.
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Nix
Guides for using Nix, the purely functional package manager.
Product features
Product features
Automatic environments
Guide to automatic environments.
Disable substitution for binary caches
Use --option substitute false to avoid querying binary caches.
Continuous integration with GitHub Actions
Guide to continuous integration with GitHub Actions.
Troubleshoot connection reset errors
Reduce import size or run garbage collection to fix connection reset errors.
Configure custom binary cache
Guide to configure Nix to use a custom binary cache.
Declarative package management
Nix uses a declarative approach to manage software environments.
Dependencies in the development shell
Guide to managing dependencies in the development shell.
Dependencies in the development shell
Manage dependencies in the development shell.
Documentation contribution
Guidance for contributing to Nix ecosystem documentation.
Feedback channel
Share feedback in the Documentation category on Discourse.
Force re-check of binary cache
Use --narinfo-cache-negative-ttl to set cache timeout for negative answers.
Package management
Manage packages and dependencies declaratively.
Setting up post-build hooks
Guide to setting up post-build hooks.
Python development environment
Guide to setting up a Python development environment.
Managing remote sources
Guide to managing remote sources.
Reproducible builds
Nix enables reproducible builds through a declarative approach.
Fix schema version mismatch
Dump database with new Nix and load with old Nix to resolve schema version conflicts.
Repair malformed SQLite database
Use sqlite3 integrity_check and dump/reload to fix database corruption.
Style guide
Documentation contributions should follow the style guide.
Troubleshooting
Guides for troubleshooting common Nix issues.