Getting started with Nix Package Manager

Nix is a standalone package manager from the NixOS family that can be installed on other Linux/Unix OS.

https://nixos.org/download.html

Installation:

To install nix on WSL:

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon

Then add source $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh to your .bashrc or .zshrc.

Usage:

• Searching a package: nix-env -qa firefox
• installing a package: nix-env -i firefox or nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox (works on non-nix OS only)
• List installed packages: nix-env -q
• Uninstall a package: nix-env -e firefox
• Upgrade a package: nix-env -u firefox
• Upgrade all packages: nix-env -u
• Cleanup: nix-collect-garbage -d