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This pattern rule was unwisely hidden in `src/libstore/local.mk`. Now it
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Description

nix profile allows you to create and manage Nix profiles. A Nix profile is a set of packages that can be installed and upgraded independently from each other. Nix profiles are versioned, allowing them to be rolled back easily.

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Profile compatibility

Warning

Once you have used nix profile you can no longer use nix-env without first deleting $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile

Once you installed a package with nix profile, you get the following error message when using nix-env:

$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA 'hello'
error: nix-env
profile '/home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead

To migrate back to nix-env you can delete your current profile:

Warning

This will delete packages that have been installed before, so you may want to back up this information before running the command.

 $ rm -rf "${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile"

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