[Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 07/03/14 04:18, Kevin Quick wrote:

> Looks like I've got a bit of a catch-22 situation here.  My current
> thinking is to get the nix definitions from github and look for a commit
> that's old-enough to let me run nix-env to update nix, but that is a bit
> awkward.  Does anyone have any better advice to help me roll back my
> package descriptions or roll forward my nix-env?

You can upgrade a 1.6.1 release from
http://hydra.nixos.org/release/nix/nix-1.6.1 using nix-install-package.  For
instance, if you're on x86_64-linux:

  $ nix-install-package --non-interactive --url
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/6695697/nix/pkg/nix-1.6.1-x86_64-linux.nixpkg

If nothing else works, you can install from the binary tarball:

  $ bash <(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install)

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