nix/src/nix/profile-add.md

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Examples

• Add a package from Nixpkgs:

  # nix profile add nixpkgs#hello
  

• Add a package from a specific branch of Nixpkgs:

  # nix profile add nixpkgs/release-20.09#hello
  

• Add a package from a specific revision of Nixpkgs:

  # nix profile add nixpkgs/d73407e8e6002646acfdef0e39ace088bacc83da#hello
  

• Add a specific output of a package:

  # nix profile add nixpkgs#bash^man
  

Description

This command adds installables to a Nix profile.

Note

nix profile install is an alias for nix profile add in Determinate Nix.

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