Getting Nix onto legacy distributions can be difficult and the official installer is not always a viable option, especially when considering reproducibility and automation.
This approach is different from others in that we:
Package using distribution-native packaging formats
(deb/rpm). And use these packages to manage
systemd and environment integrations.
Create a /nix/store imperatively as a postinstall hook. This uses a prepopulated Nix store embedded inside the distribution-native packaging format.
Properly cleans up after uninstallation. We use package manager hooks to cleanly remove any traces of Nix post removal.
To achieve a reproducible setup for these distributions that doesn’t rely on pulling files from the internet at install-time.
These installer packages are intended to be used in a one-shot fashion to bootstrap the Nix installation, and then let Nix deal with managing itself from that point on.
Deb
aarch64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.deb
(c84ea76f63d237d1d6a09dcfd19da8d00de2c4df64532101495b72419d870b7d)
x86_64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.deb
(3ddf9f1c6c9a9a1c104d883a37802f07eaddb9a3066587683ba770869a4e8467)
Pacman
aarch64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.pkg.tar.zst
(8708bf4cdf31da82993b8b3c8bfc8dcef48084167b0e0959fe935e29553a447f)
x86_64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.pkg.tar.zst
(e44c521de65a64bb4dbe7efbf59ea48330b0fc99265d4265011d839c3e34fbca)
Rpm
aarch64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.rpm
(4c46c7e2a509ad1114021f66aab2b3f7bcd75ad396f1636905217d0c746ea0d3)
x86_64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.rpm
(e00b001efbfcf1f7fa31ced55950b033c8488899b9a8985c17fcc9b406b36763)
Deb
aarch64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.deb
(931a15a13f7c949144a7b8752350981b5bf1e6eda961b4c261d0fa452e8e734d)
x86_64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.deb
(a799a491edc71cf910a549559d89de04a87d1bad5d09e11a3fbace8ec855f866)
Pacman
aarch64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.pkg.tar.zst
(0b197d5026e1386e250f690312c822526fcd2f2d4a76dc9b677e03bef6893c6c)
x86_64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.pkg.tar.zst
(d912a753e1d438066cb03520586d52ab2edc59757d6076f678bf3ab447feb1d8)
Rpm
aarch64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.rpm
(cbb7e781afcf95881b699013258be2ec022cd7c38949e3cc2563344ed157040c)
x86_64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.rpm
(09bd693dc0000a93d861ab1cb618da5a5e068e5cedefef5f82d212d88c11e233)
# Remote flake (Nix)
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#nix-deb
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#nix-pacman
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#nix-rpm
# Remote flake (Lix)
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#lix-deb
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#lix-pacman
$ nix build github:nix-community/nix-installers#lix-rpm# In a cloned repository (Nix)
$ nix build .#nix.deb
$ nix build .#nix.pacman
$ nix build .#nix.rpm
# In a cloned repository (Lix)
$ nix build .#lix.deb
$ nix build .#lix.pacman
$ nix build .#lix.rpm