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# Nix
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Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package
management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the [Nix manual ](https://nixos.org/nix/manual )
for more details.
## Installation
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On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command
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(as a user other than root):
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```console
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$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
```
Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download page ](https://nixos.org/download.html ).
## Building And Developing
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See our [Hacking guide ](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual/contributing/hacking.html ) in our manual for instruction on how to
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build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.
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## Additional Resources
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- [Nix manual ](https://nixos.org/nix/manual )
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- [Nix jobsets on hydra.nixos.org ](https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nix )
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- [NixOS Discourse ](https://discourse.nixos.org/ )
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- [Matrix - #nix:nixos.org ](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org )
- [IRC - #nixos on libera.chat ](irc://irc.libera.chat/#nixos )
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## License
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Nix is released under the [LGPL v2.1 ](./COPYING ).