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Revision #datetime.today().display(), made by #context document.author.first() #box(image("sipb.svg", height: 15pt)) Revision #datetime.today().display(), made by #context document.author.first() #box(image("sipb.svg", height: 15pt))
#context document.description] #context document.description],
) )
#table( #table(
stroke: (x: none, y: 0.5pt), stroke: (x: none, y: 0.5pt),
columns: (35%, auto), columns: (35%, auto),
table.header(table.cell(fill: silver, align: center, [Task]), table.cell(fill: silver, align: center, [Command])), table.header(
table.header(level: 2, repeat: false, table.cell(fill: aqua)[*Running software*], table.cell(fill: aqua)[]), table.cell(fill: silver, align: center, [Task]),
[Search for software], [```bash nix search nixpkgs hello``` #footnote[This evaluates nixpkgs so the first run may be slow, but further runs used cached results]], table.cell(fill: silver, align: center, [Command]),
[Run program], [```bash nix run nixpkgs#hello``` #footnote[Pass `--` before any arguments to the program]], ),
[Run program from other nixpkgs branch], ```bash nix run nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#hello```, table.header(
[Run program from another flake], ```bash nix run nix run github:user/nixpkgs/branch#hello```, level: 2,
[Find nixpkgs revision for a specific version of a program], [See https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/], repeat: false,
table.cell(fill: aqua)[*Running software*], table.cell(fill: aqua)[],
),
[Search for software],
[```bash nix search nixpkgs hello``` #footnote[This evaluates nixpkgs so the first run may be slow, but further runs used cached results]],
[Run program],
[```bash nix run nixpkgs#hello``` #footnote[Pass `--` before any arguments to the program]],
[Run program from other nixpkgs branch],
```bash nix run nixpkgs/nixos-25.11#hello```,
[Run program from another flake],
```bash nix run nix run github:user/nixpkgs/branch#hello```,
[Find nixpkgs revision for a specific version of a program],
[See https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/],
[Get shell with program], ```bash nix shell nixpkgs#hello```, [Get shell with program], ```bash nix shell nixpkgs#hello```,
[Run AppImage], ```bash appimage-run hello.AppImage```, [Run AppImage], ```bash appimage-run hello.AppImage```,
table.header(level: 2, repeat: false, table.cell(fill: lime)[*Building the system*], table.cell(fill: lime)[]), table.header(
level: 2,
repeat: false,
table.cell(fill: lime)[*Building the system*], table.cell(fill: lime)[],
),
[Update flake inputs], ```bash nix flake update```, [Update flake inputs], ```bash nix flake update```,
[Build and deploy to this machine], ```bash nixos-rebuild switch --sudo```, [Build and deploy to this machine], ```bash nixos-rebuild switch --sudo```,
[Build on remote machine and deploy to current machine], [```bash sudo nixos-rebuild switch --build-host user@remote --use-substitutes``` #footnote[This needs root on the current machine to add untrusted paths to the Nix store]], [Build on remote machine and deploy to current machine],
[Build on current machine and deploy to remote machine], [```bash nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#remote-machine-hostname --target-host root@remote``` #footnote[This needs root on the remote machine for the same reason]], [```bash sudo nixos-rebuild switch --build-host user@remote --use-substitutes``` #footnote[This needs root on the current machine to add untrusted paths to the Nix store]],
[Build and run VM from config], [```bash nixos-rebuild build-vm && result/bin/run-$hostname-vm -m 4G -smp 4 -device virtio-vga-gl -display sdl,gl=on``` #footnote[You may need to change all occurrences of the QEMU version in the run script if the config uses a different nixpkgs revision than the host]],
[Build ISO from config], [Add `"/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-new-kernel-no-zfs.nix"` as a module, then run ```bash nix build .#nixosConfigurations.$hostname.config.system.build.isoImage```], [Build on current machine and deploy to remote machine],
table.header(level: 2, repeat: false, table.cell(fill: yellow)[*System generations*], table.cell(fill: yellow)[]), [```bash nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#remote-machine-hostname --target-host root@remote``` #footnote[This needs root on the remote machine for the same reason]],
[Build and run VM from config],
[```bash nixos-rebuild build-vm && result/bin/run-$hostname-vm -m 4G -smp 4 -device virtio-vga-gl -display sdl,gl=on``` #footnote[You may need to change all occurrences of the QEMU version in the run script if the config uses a different nixpkgs revision than the host]],
[Build ISO from config],
[Add `"/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-new-kernel-no-zfs.nix"` as a module, then run ```bash nix build .#nixosConfigurations.$hostname.config.system.build.isoImage```],
table.header(
level: 2,
repeat: false,
table.cell(fill: yellow)[*System generations*], table.cell(fill: yellow)[],
),
[List system generations], ```bash nixos-rebuild list-generations```, [List system generations], ```bash nixos-rebuild list-generations```,
[Get changes between system generations], ```bash nix profile diff-closures --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system```, [Get changes between system generations],
```bash nix profile diff-closures --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system```,
[Roll back one generation], ```bash nixos-rebuild switch --sudo --rollback```, [Roll back one generation], ```bash nixos-rebuild switch --sudo --rollback```,
[Switch to generation], ```bash sudo nix-env --switch-generation 12345 -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system && sudo /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch```, [Switch to generation],
table.header(level: 2, repeat: false, table.cell(fill: orange)[*Store operations*], table.cell(fill: orange)[]), ```bash sudo nix-env --switch-generation 12345 -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system && sudo /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch```,
[Get size of system], ```bash nix path-info -Sh /nix/var/nix/profiles/system```,
[Get size of Nix store], ```bash sqlite3 /nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite 'SELECT SUM(narSize) FROM ValidPaths'```, table.header(
[Get largest packages], ```bash sqlite3 /nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite 'SELECT * FROM ValidPaths ORDER BY narSize DESC LIMIT 20'```, level: 2,
repeat: false,
table.cell(fill: orange)[*Store operations*], table.cell(fill: orange)[],
),
[Get size of system],
```bash nix path-info -Sh /nix/var/nix/profiles/system```,
[Get size of Nix store],
```bash sqlite3 /nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite 'SELECT SUM(narSize) FROM ValidPaths'```,
[Get largest packages],
```bash sqlite3 /nix/var/nix/db/db.sqlite 'SELECT * FROM ValidPaths ORDER BY narSize DESC LIMIT 20'```,
[Clean Nix store], ```bash sudo nix-collect-garbage && nix store optimise```, [Clean Nix store], ```bash sudo nix-collect-garbage && nix store optimise```,
[Delete generations older than 7 days], ```bash sudo nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than 7d```, [Delete generations older than 7 days],
[Check what depends on path], ```bash nix-store --query --referrers /nix/store/aaaaaa```, ```bash sudo nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than 7d```,
table.header(level: 2, repeat: false, table.cell(fill: fuchsia)[*Nix development*], table.cell(fill: fuchsia)[]),
[Check what depends on path],
```bash nix-store --query --referrers /nix/store/aaaaaa```,
table.header(
level: 2,
repeat: false,
table.cell(fill: fuchsia)[*Nix development*], table.cell(fill: fuchsia)[],
),
[Run Nix file], ```bash nix eval -f main.nix```, [Run Nix file], ```bash nix eval -f main.nix```,
[Inspect system config in REPL], ```bash nix repl .#nixosConfigurations.$hostname```, [Inspect system config in REPL],
[Format flake], [Add `formatter.${system} = pkgs.nixfmt-tree;` to your flake outputs, then run ```bash nix fmt```], ```bash nix repl .#nixosConfigurations.$hostname```,
[Format flake],
[Add `formatter.${system} = pkgs.nixfmt-tree;` to your flake outputs, then run ```bash nix fmt```],
) )