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nix3-develop(1) 	     General Commands Manual		 nix3-develop(1)

	    Warning
	    This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name
     nix develop - run a bash shell that provides the build environment of a de-
     rivation

Synopsis
     nix develop [option...] installable

Examples
     *	Start  a  shell with the build environment of the default package of the
	flake in the current directory:

     # nix develop

	    Typical commands to run inside this shell are:

     # configurePhase
     # buildPhase
     # installPhase

	    Alternatively, you can run whatever build tools  your  project  uses
	    directly, e.g. for a typical Unix project:

     # ./configure --prefix=$out
     # make
     # make install

     *	Run a particular build phase directly:

     # nix develop --unpack
     # nix develop --configure
     # nix develop --build
     # nix develop --check
     # nix develop --install
     # nix develop --installcheck

     *	Start a shell with the build environment of GNU Hello:

     # nix develop nixpkgs#hello

     *	Record a build environment in a profile:

     # nix develop --profile /tmp/my-build-env nixpkgs#hello

     *	Use a build environment previously recorded in a profile:

     # nix develop /tmp/my-build-env

     *	Replace  all  occurrences  of  the store path corresponding to glibc.dev
	with a writable directory:

     # nix develop --redirect nixpkgs#glibc.dev ~/my-glibc/outputs/dev

	    Note that this is useful if you're running a nix develop  shell  for
	    nixpkgs#glibc  in  ~/my-glibc  and	want  to compile another package
	    against it.

     *	Run a series of script commands:

     # nix develop --command bash -c "mkdir build && cmake .. && make"

Description
     nix develop starts a bash shell that provides an interactive build environ-
     ment nearly identical to what Nix would use to  build  installable.  Inside
     this  shell,  environment	variables and shell functions are set up so that
     you can interactively and incrementally build your package.

     Nix determines the build environment by building a modified version of  the
     derivation  installable  that  just  records the environment initialised by
     stdenv and exits. This build environment can be recorded into a profile us-
     ing --profile.

     The prompt used by the bash shell can be customised by  setting  the  bash-
     prompt,  bash-prompt-prefix, and bash-prompt-suffix settings in nix.conf or
     in the flake's nixConfig attribute.

Flake output attributes
     If no flake output attribute is given,  nix  develop  tries  the  following
     flake output attributes:

     *	devShells.<system>.default

     *	packages.<system>.default

     If a flake output name is given, nix develop tries the following flake out-
     put attributes:

     *	devShells.<system>.<name>

     *	packages.<system>.<name>

     *	legacyPackages.<system>.<name>

Options
     *	--build

	Run the build phase.

     *	--check

	Run the check phase.

     *	--command / -c command args

	Instead  of  starting  an interactive shell, start the specified command
	and arguments.

     *	--configure

	Run the configure phase.

     *	--install

	Run the install phase.

     *	--installcheck

	Run the installcheck phase.

     *	--phase phase-name

	The stdenv phase to run (e.g. build or configure).

     *	--profile path

	The profile to operate on.

     *	--redirect installable outputs-dir

	Redirect a store path to a mutable location.

     *	--unpack

	Run the unpack phase.

   Common evaluation options
     *	--arg name expr

	Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.

     *	--arg-from-file name path

	Pass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions.

     *	--arg-from-stdin name

	Pass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions.

     *	--argstr name string

	Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.

     *	--debugger

	Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails.

     *	--eval-store store-url

	The URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e.  to  store  deriva-
	tions (.drv files) and inputs referenced by them.

     *	--impure

	Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.

     *	--include / -I path

	Add path to search path entries used to resolve lookup paths

	This option may be given multiple times.

	Paths  added  through -I take precedence over the nix-path configuration
	setting and the NIX_PATH environment variable.

     *	--override-flake original-ref resolved-ref

	Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.

   Common flake-related options
     *	--commit-lock-file

	Commit changes to the flake's lock file.

     *	--inputs-from flake-url

	Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.

     *	--no-registries

	Don't allow lookups in the flake registries.

	       DEPRECATED

	       Use --no-use-registries instead.

     *	--no-update-lock-file

	Do not allow any updates to the flake's lock file.

     *	--no-write-lock-file

	Do not write the flake's newly generated lock file.

     *	--output-lock-file flake-lock-path

	Write the given lock file instead of  flake.lock  within  the  top-level
	flake.

     *	--override-input input-path flake-url

	Override  a  specific  flake  input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies
	--no-write-lock-file.

     *	--recreate-lock-file

	Recreate the flake's lock file from scratch.

	       DEPRECATED

	       Use nix flake update instead.

     *	--reference-lock-file flake-lock-path

	Read the given lock file instead  of  flake.lock  within  the  top-level
	flake.

     *	--update-input input-path

	Update	a  specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock
	file).

	       DEPRECATED

	       Use nix flake update instead.

   Logging-related options
     *	--debug

	Set the logging verbosity level to `debug'.

     *	--log-format format

	Set the format of log output; one of raw,  internal-json,  bar	or  bar-
	with-logs.

     *	--print-build-logs / -L

	Print full build logs on standard error.

     *	--quiet

	Decrease the logging verbosity level.

     *	--verbose / -v

	Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
     *	--help

	Show usage information.

     *	--offline

	Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-
	date.

     *	--option name value

	Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

     *	--refresh

	Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

     *	--repair

	During	evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store.
	During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths.

     *	--version

	Show version information.

   Options that change environment variables
     *	--ignore-env / -i

	Clear the entire environment, except for those	specified  with  --keep-
	env-var.

     *	--keep-env-var / -k name

	Keep the environment variable name, when using --ignore-env.

     *	--set-env-var / -s name value

	Sets an environment variable name with value.

     *	--unset-env-var / -u name

	Unset the environment variable name.

   Options that change the interpretation of installables
     *	--expr expr

	Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression
	expr.

     *	--file / -f file

	Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression
	stored	in  file.  If  file is the character -, then a Nix expression is
	read from standard input. Implies --impure.

	Note

	See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line
	flags.

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