[Nix-dev] Re: Nix-channel does not work for me

[Pjotr Prins]

Could it be my Debian Linux is not recognized as a i686?

Pj.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:14:46PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> Now the openssl.org site is down, and for the first time I have an
> up-to-date kernel, I tried installing a channel for pre-built
> binaries. With nix 0.13 following the manual:
> 
>   nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
>   nix-channel --update
>   nix-channel --list     
> 
> renders
> 
>   http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
> 
> And
> 
>   nix-env -qa vim
> 
> renders
> 
>   vim-7.2
>   vim-7.2-huge-X11-python-tcl
> 
> however
> 
>   nix-env -b -v -i vim
> 
> just renders some files it parses, but nothing happens. E.g.
> 
>   (...)
>   evaluating file `/home/wrk/.nix-defexpr/channels/nixpkgs_unstable/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix'
>   evaluating file `/home/wrk/.nix-defexpr/channels/nixpkgs_unstable/pkgs/stdenv/common-path.nix'
> 
> Why is it not working? 
> 
> Pj.
>