Searching packages: Difference between revisions
imported>Berquist m packages and options links under flakes were switched |
Package search does not only search package names, but also the description. Added pro/contra to a subsection. Added idea of search engines in browser) |
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There are | There are numerous approaches available for searching substrings within both package names and package descriptions in <code>nixpkgs</code>. | ||
== Using <code>search.nixos.org</code> website == | == Using <code>search.nixos.org</code> website == | ||
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* easy to use | * easy to use | ||
* allows filters | * allows filters | ||
* nice GUI in browser | |||
* browser extensions possible (like @nixpgs as search engine in Firefox) | |||
; cons: | ; cons: | ||
* requires Internet connection | * always requires Internet connection | ||
== Using the <code>nix search</code> command == | == Using the <code>nix search</code> command == | ||
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" search nixpkgs firefox</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" search nixpkgs firefox</syntaxhighlight> | ||
; pros: | |||
* fast | |||
* possible offline usage | |||
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* requires disk space for caching | |||
* quite long command | |||
== Using the <code>nix-env</code> command == | == Using the <code>nix-env</code> command == | ||