[Nix-dev] Some NixOS beginner questions...

[Ben Franksen]

Kirill Elagin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Kirill Elagin <kirelagin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> You'll have to look it up in `pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix`.
>> Either clone the nixpkgs repository or you can find a copy at
>> `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs`.
>>
> 
> Oh, and there is also `nix-env -qa` thing, that lists all the available
> packages.
> It has `-P` flag that tells it to print attribute paths. Combined with
> grep this lets you find what you need:
> 
> % nix-env -qaP | grep kdepim
> nixos.pkgs.kde4_prev.kdepim
> kdepim-4.10.5
> nixos.pkgs.kde4.kdepim
> kdepim-4.11.5
> nixos.pkgs.kde4_next.kdepim
> kdepim-4.12.2
> ...

Thanks, this is very useful!

Cheers
Ben
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