Nix Package Manager - Part 1 - Getting Started

Summary

Mar 15, 2023
Nix is a powerful package manager for UNIX-like systems powered by a functional programming language. In this video, we introduce the Nix package manager and begin to demonstrate some its unusual yet power features.

Install Nix

Run GNU Hello

  • nix run 'nixpkgs#hello' - Run GNU Hello
  • nix shell 'nixpkgs#hello' - Open a shell containing GNU Hello

C++ Example Application