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Pigs: Add category nixos on arm and nix

2025-05-18T17:55:01Z

Add category nixos on arm and nix

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			[[Category:NixOS on ARM]]
			[[Category:Nix]]

FliegendeWurst: formatting

2025-01-13T13:17:57Z

formatting

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	This wiki section concerns the ~~nix~~ package manager tool only. Information about ~~Arm~~ based NixOS systems can be found here: [[~~NixOS_on_ARM~~]]		This wiki section concerns the Nix package manager tool only. Information about ARM based NixOS systems can be found here: [[NixOS on ARM]]

	Both aarch64 and armv7l are tested and working. Though, aarch64 is the only ~~arm~~ architecture which is officially supported and has binary packages available from the official ~~nixos~~ cache. Therefore it is highly recommended to use the aarch64 version of ~~nix~~ if your platform and OS support it. For example on Raspberry OS, aarch64 support [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=250730 can be enabled easily].		Both aarch64 and armv7l are tested and working. Though, aarch64 is the only ARM architecture which is officially supported and has binary packages available from the official NixOS cache. Therefore it is highly recommended to use the aarch64 version of Nix if your platform and OS support it. For example on Raspberry OS, aarch64 support [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=250730 can be enabled easily].

	==aarch64==		==aarch64==
	Since aarch64 is officially supported, ~~nix~~ can be installed the official way		Since aarch64 is officially supported, Nix can be installed the official way
	<code>curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install \| sh</code>		<code>curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install \| sh</code>
	For more information see: [https://nixos.org/download.html Getting Nix]		For more information see: [https://nixos.org/download.html Getting Nix]
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	A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself using docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]		A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself using docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

	For some more information on, for example, community maintained binary caches, check also: [[~~NixOS_on_ARM~~]]		For some more information on, for example, community maintained binary caches, check also: [[NixOS on ARM]]

	In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.		In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.

Samueldr: Reverted edit by Klinger (talk) to last revision by Mic92

2024-05-14T02:42:43Z

Reverted edit by Klinger (talk) to last revision by Mic92

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	~~[[Category:Hardware]]~~

Klinger at 20:47, 24 April 2024

2024-04-24T20:47:27Z

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			[[Category:Hardware]]

Mic92: fix links

2024-04-01T13:29:25Z

fix links

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	This wiki section concerns the nix package manager tool only. Information about Arm based NixOS systems can be found here: [~~https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM~~ NixOS_on_ARM]		This wiki section concerns the nix package manager tool only. Information about Arm based NixOS systems can be found here: [[NixOS_on_ARM]]

	Both aarch64 and armv7l are tested and working. Though, aarch64 is the only arm architecture which is officially supported and has binary packages available from the official nixos cache. Therefore it is highly recommended to use the aarch64 version of nix if your platform and OS support it. For example on Raspberry OS, aarch64 support [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=250730 can be enabled easily].		Both aarch64 and armv7l are tested and working. Though, aarch64 is the only arm architecture which is officially supported and has binary packages available from the official nixos cache. Therefore it is highly recommended to use the aarch64 version of nix if your platform and OS support it. For example on Raspberry OS, aarch64 support [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=250730 can be enabled easily].
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	A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself using docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]		A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself using docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

	For some more information on, for example, community maintained binary caches, check also: ~~https://nixos.wiki/wiki/~~NixOS_on_ARM		For some more information on, for example, community maintained binary caches, check also: [[NixOS_on_ARM]]

	In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.		In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.

imported>Jtojnar: avoid deprecated github:NixOS/nixpkgs-channels

2021-01-31T00:46:18Z

avoid deprecated github:NixOS/nixpkgs-channels

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	{ nix ? builtins.fetchGit ./.		{ nix ? builtins.fetchGit ./.
	, nixpkgs ? <nixpkgs> #builtins.fetchGit { url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs~~-channels~~.git; ref = "nixos-18.03"; }		, nixpkgs ? <nixpkgs> #builtins.fetchGit { url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git; ref = "nixos-18.03"; }
	, officialRelease ? false		, officialRelease ? false
	, systems ? [ "armv7l-linux" ]		, systems ? [ "armv7l-linux" ]

imported>DavHau at 17:35, 5 October 2020

2020-10-05T17:35:26Z

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	~~A prebuilt~~ nix ~~installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker,~~ can be found here: [https://~~github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github~~.~~com~~/~~DavHau~~/~~nix-on-armv7l~~]		This wiki section concerns the nix package manager tool only. Information about Arm based NixOS systems can be found here: [https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM NixOS_on_ARM]

	For some more ~~info~~ on, for example, binary caches, check also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM		Both aarch64 and armv7l are tested and working. Though, aarch64 is the only arm architecture which is officially supported and has binary packages available from the official nixos cache. Therefore it is highly recommended to use the aarch64 version of nix if your platform and OS support it. For example on Raspberry OS, aarch64 support [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=250730 can be enabled easily].

			==aarch64==
			Since aarch64 is officially supported, nix can be installed the official way
			<code>curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install \| sh</code>
			For more information see: [https://nixos.org/download.html Getting Nix]

			== armv7l ==
			A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself using docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

			For some more information on, for example, community maintained binary caches, check also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM

	In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.		In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.

imported>DavHau at 17:16, 5 October 2020

2020-10-05T17:16:19Z

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	~~== Initial ==~~

	A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]		A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

imported>DavHau at 17:15, 5 October 2020

2020-10-05T17:15:56Z

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	== Initial ==		== Initial ==

	A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]		A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l, including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker, can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

	For some more info on, for example, binary caches, check also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM		For some more info on, for example, binary caches, check also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM

imported>DavHau at 17:15, 5 October 2020

2020-10-05T17:15:18Z

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	== Initial ==		== Initial ==

			A prebuilt nix installer for armv7l including instruction on how to build it yourself via docker can be found here: [https://github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l github.com/DavHau/nix-on-armv7l]

			For some more info on, for example, binary caches, check also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM

	In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.		In case this helps anyone - by modifying Nix's `release.nix` you can make your own ARMv7 installer.
			(This is outdated and doesn't work anymore. At least not without additional modifications)
	~~Here~~'~~s a prebuilt version: [https://tomberek~~.~~info/nix-2.0pre0_0000000-armv7l-linux.tar.bz2 Nix Installer]~~

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">