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The manual for nixos, the linux based operating system | The manual for nixos, the linux based operating system | ||
https://nixos.org/manual/ | https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable | ||
https://nixos.org/manual/ | https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable | ||
=== home-manager === | === home-manager === | ||
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==== older versions of the manual ==== | ==== older versions of the manual ==== | ||
If you want to build the manual for older versions of nixpkgs for e.g. nixos-24. | If you want to build the manual for older versions of nixpkgs for e.g. nixos-24.05 | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-24. | nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05#nixpkgs-manual --print-out-paths --no-link | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:49, 20 January 2025
Links
In the nix ecosystem these are important manuals
Nix
The manual for nix, the package manager
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/stable
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/unstable
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.24
Nixpkgs
The manual for nixpkgs, the package repository
https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable
https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable
Nixos
The manual for nixos, the linux based operating system
https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable
https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable
home-manager
The manual for Home_Manager
https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager
Building the manuals yourself
To build the manuals above
nixos manual
cd nixpkgs
nix-build nixos/release.nix --no-out-link -A manualHTML.x86_64-linux # or aarch64-linux
nixpkgs manual
# master
nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs#nixpkgs-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
# nixos-unstable
nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable#nixpkgs-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
older versions of the manual
If you want to build the manual for older versions of nixpkgs for e.g. nixos-24.05
nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05#nixpkgs-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
To build the manual for a specific revision of nixpkgs
clone nixpkgs locally and cd into nixpkgs
checkout the specific revision (branch or commit)
git checkout nixos-24.05
nix build .#nixpkgs-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
nix manual
# before nix version 2.25.0
nix build github:nixos/nix/2.24.11#nix^doc --print-out-paths --no-link
# after 2.25.x
nix build github:nixos/nix/2.25.0#packages.x84_64-linux.nix-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
# master
nix build github:nixos/nix#packages.x84_64-linux.nix-manual --print-out-paths --no-link
home-manager manual
# unstable
nix build github:nix-community/home-manager#docs-html --print-out-paths --no-link
# stable version, e.g. 24.11
nix build github:nix-community/home-manager/release-24.11#docs-html --print-out-paths --no-link