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Nixpkgs Manual

Version 23.11pre

Preface

Using Nixpkgs

Global configuration
Overlays
Overriding

Nixpkgs Lib

Library Functions
Module System

Standard Environment

The Standard Environment
Meta-attributes
Multiple-output packages
Cross-compilation
Platform Notes

Builders

Fetchers
Trivial builders
Testers
Special builders
Images
Hooks
- Autoconf
- Automake
- autoPatchelfHook
- breakpointHook
- cmake
- gdk-pixbuf
- GHC
- GNOME platform
- libiconv, libintl
- libxml2
- Meson
- mpiCheckPhaseHook
- ninja
- hooks
- Perl
- pkg-config
- Python
- Qt 4
- scons
- teTeX / TeX Live
- unzip
- validatePkgConfig
- waf.hook
- zig.hook
- xcbuildHook
Languages and frameworks
- Agda
- Android
- BEAM Languages (Erlang, Elixir & LFE)
- Bower
- CHICKEN
- Coq and coq packages
- Crystal
- CUDA
- Cue (Cuelang)
- Dart
- Dhall
- Dotnet
- Emscripten
- GNOME
- Go
- Haskell
- Hy
- Idris
- iOS
- Java
- Javascript
- User’s Guide to Lua Infrastructure
- Maven
- Nim
- OCaml
- Octave
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Qt
- R
- Ruby
- Rust
- Swift
- TeX Live
- Titanium
- Vim
Packages
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
- Citrix Workspace
- DLib
- Eclipse
- Elm
- Emacs
- Firefox
- Fish
- FUSE
- ibus-engines.typing-booster
- Kakoune
- Linux kernel
- Locales
- /etc files
- Nginx
- OpenGL
- Interactive shell helpers
- Steam
- Urxvt
- WeeChat
- X.org

Development of Nixpkgs

Opening issues

Contributing to Nixpkgs

Quick Start to Adding a Package
Coding conventions
Submitting changes
Vulnerability Roundup
Reviewing contributions
Contributing to Nixpkgs documentation

GNOME platform

Hooks related to GNOME platform and related libraries like GLib, GTK and GStreamer are described in GNOME.