[Nix-dev] Q - Querying for common C tools like make and kernel headers

[Tony Su]

 Objective:
Install VMware Guest Tools

Common requirement:
Common Development tools like make, gnu c compiler, often packaged
together by distro maintainers
Kernel headers and related code to modify existing kernel

Initial package query does not return anything, ie
nix-env -qa make
nix-env -qa kernel

Suggestions on how these types of packages are listed and installed?

TIA,
Tony