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#+title: Nix package manager
#+date: "2020-09-04 16:07:47 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-06-11 10:54:42 +08:00"
#+language: en


[[https://nixos.org/][Nix]] is a package manager that pioneered [[id:bfed6daf-4c2b-4426-bab9-2804caa5e079][Functional package management]] which addresses the criticisms of traditional Unix systems while making it as a specialized tool for [[id:6eeb7a24-b662-46d6-9ece-00a5028ff4d8][Reproducible research]].
It features a handrolled configuration language (also called Nix) that leans into functional paradigm, making it easier if you have experience on it.
A popular tool mostly featured in Haskell programming projects.

Eventually inspired GNU to create a fork, [[id:be917383-84c4-4bf5-9ca0-b04bfb778f4f][Guix package manager]], that takes it to another direction with more focus on reproducibility and its extensions such as bootstrapping.

To see more details, refer to [[id:892676b3-76cb-4cd4-9689-910c1fe6587a][The basics of Nix package manager]].