Cleaning the nix store - Revision history

Dwt: Add better Darwin command

2025-03-08T15:33:58Z

Add better Darwin command

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:33, 8 March 2025
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">		<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
	nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"		nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"
			# Darwin
			nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{libproc)"
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Jalil: Remove unnecessary leading white space from command

2024-10-07T07:22:53Z

Remove unnecessary leading white space from command

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:22, 7 October 2024
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	Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:		Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:

	<syntaxhighlight lang=shell>		<syntaxhighlight lang="shell">
	nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"		nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Klinger: Category:nix

2024-04-24T21:14:00Z

Category:nix

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	* https://github.com/cdepillabout/nix-query-tree-viewer		* https://github.com/cdepillabout/nix-query-tree-viewer
	* https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize		* https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize

			[[Category:nix]]

Mic92 at 13:13, 1 April 2024

2024-04-01T13:13:20Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:13, 1 April 2024
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	* https://matthewrhone.dev/nixos-package-guide#cleanup-old-packages-user-wide		* https://matthewrhone.dev/nixos-package-guide#cleanup-old-packages-user-wide
	* ~~https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Storage_optimization~~		* [[Storage optimization]]
	* https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/8m1n3d/taking_out_the_trash/		* https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/8m1n3d/taking_out_the_trash/

imported>IgorM: Fixed syntax highlighting

2023-09-28T07:29:04Z

Fixed syntax highlighting

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:29, 28 September 2023
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	Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple		Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple
	<syntaxhighlight>nix-store --gc</syntaxhighlight>		<syntaxhighlight lang=text>nix-store --gc</syntaxhighlight>
	does not seem to clean all that much.		does not seem to clean all that much.

imported>Nix: syntax

2021-09-23T17:35:11Z

syntax

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:35, 23 September 2021
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	Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:		Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:

	<syntaxhighlight>		<syntaxhighlight lang=shell>
	nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"		nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

imported>Nix: some cleanup

2021-09-23T17:27:11Z

some cleanup

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:27, 23 September 2021
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	Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple <~~syntaxHighlight~~>nix-store --gc</~~syntaxHighlight~~> does not seem to clean all that much.		Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple
			<syntaxhighlight>nix-store --gc</syntaxhighlight>
			does not seem to clean all that much.

	This usually means that you have some old collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.		This usually means that you have some old collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.

	Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:		Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:
	~~<syntaxHighlight>~~
	~~nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"~~
	~~</syntaxHighlight>~~

	Additional Resources about cleaning up the nix-store ~~are~~:		<syntaxhighlight>
			nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"
			</syntaxhighlight>

			Additional Resources about cleaning up the ''nix-store'':

	* https://matthewrhone.dev/nixos-package-guide#cleanup-old-packages-user-wide		* https://matthewrhone.dev/nixos-package-guide#cleanup-old-packages-user-wide
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	* https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/8m1n3d/taking_out_the_trash/		* https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/8m1n3d/taking_out_the_trash/

	There is multiple tools that can help with discovering ~~gc roots~~ and calculate the disk size:		There are multiple tools that can help with discovering ''gcroots'' and calculate the disk size:

	* https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du		* https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du

imported>Makefu: add more references and a command to find result files

2021-02-15T09:51:12Z

add more references and a command to find result files

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:51, 15 February 2021
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	Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple <syntaxHighlight>nix-store --gc</syntaxHighlight> does not seem to clean all that much.		Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple <syntaxHighlight>nix-store --gc</syntaxHighlight> does not seem to clean all that much.

	This usually means that you have some ~~garbage~~ collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.		This usually means that you have some old collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.

	There is multiple tools that can help with discovering ~~these~~ gc roots:		Sometimes <code>result</code> files created by an ad-hoc <code>nix-build</code> bind a lot of resources, these can be found by running:
			<syntaxHighlight>
			nix-store --gc --print-roots \| egrep -v "^(/nix/var\|/run/\w+-system\|\{memory\|/proc)"
			</syntaxHighlight>

			Additional Resources about cleaning up the nix-store are:

			* https://matthewrhone.dev/nixos-package-guide#cleanup-old-packages-user-wide
			* https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Storage_optimization
			* https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/8m1n3d/taking_out_the_trash/

			There is multiple tools that can help with discovering gc roots and calculate the disk size:

	* https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du		* https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du

imported>Mic92 at 14:49, 27 August 2020

2020-08-27T14:49:55Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:49, 27 August 2020
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	Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple `nix-store --gc` does not seem to clean all that much.		Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple <syntaxHighlight>nix-store --gc</syntaxHighlight> does not seem to clean all that much.

	This usually means that you have some garbage collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.		This usually means that you have some garbage collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.

imported>Profpatsch: add a list of tools to clean the store

2020-08-27T14:20:00Z

add a list of tools to clean the store

New page

Sometimes your store fills up the disk, but a simple `nix-store --gc` does not seem to clean all that much.

This usually means that you have some garbage collection roots that keep old versions of nixpkgs around.

There is multiple tools that can help with discovering these gc roots:

* https://github.com/symphorien/nix-du
* https://github.com/utdemir/nix-tree
* https://github.com/cdepillabout/nix-query-tree-viewer
* https://github.com/craigmbooth/nix-visualize