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<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
</syntaxhighlight>
or to get a specific version of clang:
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
stdenv = pkgs.llvmPackages_9.stdenv;
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


Depending on the case you may want to set this value in different location, and using different mechanism.
Depending on the case you may want to set this value in different location, and using different mechanism.


Note you may get errors like <code>fatal error: ... file not found</code> on standard library <code>#include</code> directives, because of this bug https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/150655


== Globally, in a package repository tree ==
== Globally, in a package repository tree ==


If you have a set of packages in a repository tree, you can set the
If you have a set of packages in a repository tree, you can set the
<code>stdenv</code> value in the scope where the <code>callPackage</code> are
<code>stdenv</code> value in the scope where the <code>callPackage</code> are
called. Be carefull '''all the packages present in the scope will be built with Clang'''  
called. Be carefull '''all the packages present in the scope will be built with Clang'''
because the <code>callPackage</code> that resolves the package function
because the <code>callPackage</code> that resolves the package function
inputs will use the  <code>pkgs.clangStdenv</code> for all packages.
inputs will use the  <code>pkgs.clangStdenv</code> for all packages.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
rec {
rec {
    stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
  stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
    foo = callPackage ./foo { };
  foo = callPackage ./foo { };
    bar = callPackage ./bar { };
  bar = callPackage ./bar { };
}
}
</syntaxhighlight>
or import nixpkgs with replaceStdenv.
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
import <nixpkgs> { config = { replaceStdenv = ({ pkgs }: pkgs.clangStdenv); }; }
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


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<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
rec {
rec {
    foo = callPackage ./foo { stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; };
  foo = callPackage ./foo { stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; };
    bar = callPackage ./bar { };
  bar = callPackage ./bar { };
}
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
rec {
rec {
    foo_gcc = callPackage ./foo { };
  foo_gcc = callPackage ./foo { };
    foo_clang = callPackage ./foo { stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; };
  foo_clang = callPackage ./foo { stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; };
    bar = callPackage ./bar { };
  bar = callPackage ./bar { };
}
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
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Directly inline with CLI just do:
Directly inline with CLI just do:


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
nix-build -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; pkgs.hello.override{ stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; }"
$ nix-build -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; pkgs.hello.override{ stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; }"
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


or, if you want a shell for development:
or, if you want a shell for development:


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
nix-shell -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; pkgs.hello.override{ stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; }"
$ nix-shell -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; pkgs.hello.override{ stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv; }"
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


== Using an external override definition ==
== Using an external override definition ==


<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{{file|./hello_with_clan.nix|nix|3=
# in file ./hello_with_clan.nix
with import <nixpkgs> {};
with import <nixpkgs> {};
hello.override {
hello.override {
    # use Clang instead of GCC
  # use Clang instead of GCC
    stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
  stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
}
}
}}
<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
$ nix-build ./hello_with_clan.nix
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
== With nix-shell ==
nix-build ./hello_with_clan.nix
To use clang in nix-shell instead of gcc:
</syntaxhighlight>
{{file|./shell.nix|nix|3=
with import <nixpkgs> {};
clangStdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "clang-nix-shell";
  buildInputs = [ /* add libraries here */ ];
}
}}
 
== See also ==
 
* [[C#Use_a_different_compiler_version|C # Use a different compiler version]]


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