How To Install nix-setup-systemd on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nix-setup-systemd on Ubuntu.
What is nix-setup-systemd
nix-setup-systemd is:
A powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Nix provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of build environments.
This package uses systemd mechanisms to setup the nix package manager.
NOTE: This package creates (via tmpfiles.d) a top-level folder /nix. This is not compliant with the file hierarchy standard but should not be a problem for most people. See /usr/share/doc/nix-bin/README.Debian.
There are three methods to install nix-setup-systemd on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nix-setup-systemd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nix-setup-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nix-setup-systemd
Install nix-setup-systemd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nix-setup-systemd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nix-setup-systemd
Install nix-setup-systemd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nix-setup-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nix-setup-systemd
How To Uninstall nix-setup-systemd on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nix-setup-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nix-setup-systemd
Uninstall nix-setup-systemd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nix-setup-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nix-setup-systemd
Remove nix-setup-systemd Configurations and Data
To remove nix-setup-systemd configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nix-setup-systemd
Remove nix-setup-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nix-setup-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nix-setup-systemd
Dependencies
nix-setup-systemd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nix-setup-systemd package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.