Nix Cookbook: Revision history

2 October 2026

• curprev 16:1216:12, 2 October 2026 Bburdette talk contribs 16,612 bytes +46 replace ellipsis with /nix/var/nix/profiles/system. so that the user can copy and paste the code and it works. the ellipsis will actually execute at the CLI and not return an error, but it doesn't do anything. Tag: Visual edit

17 April 2025

• curprev 17:1717:17, 17 April 2025 SigmaSquadron talk contribs 16,566 bytes +42 →Vulnerabilities: Add an actual link to vulnix

2 October 2024

• curprev 17:3417:34, 2 October 2024 Phanirithvij talk contribs m 16,524 bytes +43 update url to wayback machine url

1 September 2024

• curprev 15:3915:39, 1 September 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs m 16,481 bytes +10 →Bulk pre-download all dependencies of a package Tag: Visual edit

28 July 2024

• curprev 14:1314:13, 28 July 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs 16,471 bytes +96 →Bulk pre-download all dependencies of a package Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 14:1314:13, 28 July 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs 16,375 bytes +1,187 one-liner to bulk download
• curprev 03:2203:22, 28 July 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs m 15,188 bytes +87 No edit summary

27 July 2024

• curprev 18:0218:02, 27 July 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs m 15,101 bytes +59 →Deprecating input parameters in mkDerivation-style packages Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• curprev 15:5615:56, 27 July 2024 AndersonTorres talk contribs 15,042 bytes +1,043 new recipe Tag: Visual edit: Switched

13 July 2024

• curprev 10:5310:53, 13 July 2024 Mth talk contribs 13,999 bytes +76 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 10:4310:43, 13 July 2024 Mth talk contribs 13,923 bytes +548 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 10:1510:15, 13 July 2024 Mth talk contribs m 13,375 bytes −129 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 09:5309:53, 13 July 2024 Mth talk contribs m 13,504 bytes +21 Fix broken nix manual link Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 09:4509:45, 13 July 2024 Mth talk contribs m 13,483 bytes 0 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit

24 April 2024

• curprev 21:1621:16, 24 April 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 13,483 bytes +41 Category:nix Category:Cookbook

15 December 2023

• curprev 20:3720:37, 15 December 2023 imported>Dehnert 13,442 bytes +1,095 add options for the ssh GSSAPI error that don't just remove the config option

8 November 2023

• curprev 11:0511:05, 8 November 2023 imported>Cynic m 12,347 bytes 0 optimise-store is a deprecated syntax; newer nix uses "store optimise"

3 October 2023

• curprev 08:4208:42, 3 October 2023 imported>Robinp 12,347 bytes +2,142 Added notes about recursively checking licence stance of deps.

29 October 2022

• curprev 04:3304:33, 29 October 2022 imported>Equirosa m 10,205 bytes +11 update automatic nix store optimization setting to current option from the deprecated one

30 December 2021

• curprev 22:4922:49, 30 December 2021 imported>Jtamagnan m 10,194 bytes +5 It would be clearer to less experienced developers that `lib.mkOverride` referers to `pkgs.lib...`

28 September 2021

• curprev 11:4411:44, 28 September 2021 imported>Nix 10,189 bytes +43 add security section

26 September 2021

• curprev 07:3907:39, 26 September 2021 imported>Nix 10,146 bytes +264 add generation trimmer script info

23 September 2021

• curprev 17:3317:33, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix 9,882 bytes +68 add storage optimization page
• curprev 17:2317:23, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix 9,814 bytes +116 add Cleaning the nix store link
• curprev 17:1717:17, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix 9,698 bytes +253 →Reclaim space on Nix install?: add delete-generations info
• curprev 17:0817:08, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix m 9,445 bytes +76 →Deduplication
• curprev 17:0517:05, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix m 9,369 bytes +70 →Deduplication
• curprev 17:0417:04, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix m 9,299 bytes +21 →Deduplication: clarify
• curprev 17:0317:03, 23 September 2021 imported>Nix 9,278 bytes +2,775 add section on managing storage

19 August 2021

• curprev 07:4207:42, 19 August 2021 imported>Hmenke 6,503 bytes −19 writeScriptBin -> writeShellScriptBin

9 December 2020

• curprev 01:3601:36, 9 December 2020 imported>Zie 6,522 bytes +1,225 add error The option has conflicting definitions

28 June 2020

• curprev 00:5600:56, 28 June 2020 imported>Timotheosh 5,297 bytes +466 No edit summary

5 August 2018

• curprev 13:4713:47, 5 August 2018 imported>Infinisil 4,831 bytes +2,196 Add tutorial on how to wrap derivations
• curprev 13:1613:16, 5 August 2018 imported>Dustinlacewell m 2,635 bytes −39 Removed superfluous line in "Creating Periodic Services"
• curprev 12:4912:49, 5 August 2018 imported>Dustinlacewell 2,674 bytes +721 Added "Creating Periodic Services" recipe
• curprev 12:3112:31, 5 August 2018 imported>Dustinlacewell m 1,953 bytes −20 Fix some formatting for "Creating Shell Scripts"
• curprev 12:1812:18, 5 August 2018 imported>Dustinlacewell 1,973 bytes +599 Added "Creating Shell Scripts" cookbook

25 November 2017

• curprev 12:4012:40, 25 November 2017 imported>Ixxie m 1,374 bytes −8 Fixed section levels.
• curprev 12:4012:40, 25 November 2017 imported>Ixxie 1,382 bytes +1,382 Moved Common Errors from Nix Package Manager discussion article.

6 October 2017

• curprev 20:2820:28, 6 October 2017 imported>Ixxie empty −2,805 removed alternative install methods; moved back to main article.
• curprev 20:1420:14, 6 October 2017 imported>Ixxie 2,805 bytes +1,016 No edit summary
• curprev 19:5219:52, 6 October 2017 imported>Ixxie 1,789 bytes +1,789 Seeded Nix Cookbook page with material imported for the Nix Package Manager article.