[Nix-dev] Copy a closure to machine with no Nix installed on it

[Volth]

Yes, "nix-store -qR ..." and then "rsync" seems a simple and promising solution.
Thank you!

On 3/2/17, Tomasz Czyż <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume you could do
> nix-store --export or nix-store --dump to prepare archive
> or you can query nix store for all dependnecies and with that list you can
> copy them using method of your choice
>
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> 2017-03-02 16:38 GMT+00:00 Volth <volth at volth.com>:
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>> Hello
>>
>> What is a good way to copy a closure to a Linux machine where Nix is
>> not installed (and it is tricky to install: 1. there is only root
>> account and 2. there may be no Internet access) ?
>>
>> "nix-copy-closure" expects "nix-store" on the target machine.
>>
>> Would "nix-store" be a single executable with no dependencies, it
>> could be uploaded beforehand, but it has a lot of dependencies so its
>> uploading is also the task of uploading a closure to a machine without
>> Nix...
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> Tomasz Czyż
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