Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix profile list - list installed packages
Synopsis
nix profile list [option...]
Examples
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Show what packages are installed in the default profile:
# nix profile list Name: gdb Flake attribute: legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.gdb Original flake URL: flake:nixpkgs Locked flake URL: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/7b38b03d76ab71bdc8dc325e3f6338d984cc35ca Store paths: /nix/store/indzcw5wvlhx6vwk7k4iq29q15chvr3d-gdb-11.1 Name: blender-bin Flake attribute: packages.x86_64-linux.default Original flake URL: flake:blender-bin Locked flake URL: github:edolstra/nix-warez/91f2ffee657bf834e4475865ae336e2379282d34?dir=blender Store paths: /nix/store/i798sxl3j40wpdi1rgf391id1b5klw7g-blender-bin-3.1.2Note that you can unambiguously rebuild a package from a profile through its locked flake URL and flake attribute, e.g.
# nix build github:edolstra/nix-warez/91f2ffee657bf834e4475865ae336e2379282d34?dir=blender#packages.x86_64-linux.defaultwill build the package with name blender-bin shown above.
Description
This command shows what packages are currently installed in a profile. For each installed package, it shows the following information:
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Name: A unique name used to unambiguously identify the package in invocations ofnix profile removeandnix profile upgrade. -
Flake attribute: The flake output attribute path that provides the package (e.g.packages.x86_64-linux.hello). -
Original flake URL: The original ("unlocked") flake reference specified by the user when the package was first installed vianix profile install. -
Locked flake URL: The locked flake reference to which the original flake reference was resolved. -
Store paths: The store path(s) of the package.
Options
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--jsonProduce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program. -
--profilepath The profile to operate on.
Common evaluation options:
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--argname expr Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--argstrname string Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. -
--debuggerStart an interactive environment if evaluation fails. -
--eval-storestore-url The URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (.drvfiles) and inputs referenced by them. -
--impureAllow access to mutable paths and repositories. -
--include/-Ipath Add path to the Nix search path. The Nix search path is initialized from the colon-separatedNIX_PATHenvironment variable, and is used to look up the location of Nix expressions using paths enclosed in angle brackets (i.e.,<nixpkgs>).For instance, passing
-I /home/eelco/Dev -I /etc/nixoswill cause Lix to look for paths relative to
/home/eelco/Devand/etc/nixos, in that order. This is equivalent to setting theNIX_PATHenvironment variable to/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixosIt is also possible to match paths against a prefix. For example, passing
-I nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch -I /etc/nixoswill cause Lix to search for
<nixpkgs/path>in/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/pathand/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path.If a path in the Nix search path starts with
http://orhttps://, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must consist of a single top-level directory. For example, passing-I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gztells Lix to download and use the current contents of the
masterbranch in thenixpkgsrepository.The URLs of the tarballs from the official
nixos.orgchannels (see the manual page fornix-channel) can be abbreviated aschannel:<channel-name>. For instance, the following two flags are equivalent:-I nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xzYou can also fetch source trees using flake URLs and add them to the search path. For instance,
-I nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgsspecifies that the prefix
nixpkgsshall refer to the source tree downloaded from thenixpkgsentry in the flake registry. Similarly,-I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05makes
<nixpkgs>refer to a particular branch of theNixOS/nixpkgsrepository on GitHub. -
--override-flakeoriginal-ref resolved-ref Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.
Logging-related options:
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--debugSet the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. -
--log-formatformat Set the format of log output; one ofraw,internal-json,bar,bar-with-logs,multilineormultiline-with-logs. -
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. -
--quietDecrease the logging verbosity level. -
--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
Miscellaneous global options:
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--helpShow usage information. -
--offlineDisable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. -
--optionname value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overridingnix.conf). -
--refreshConsider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. -
--repairDuring evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths. -
--versionShow version information.
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.