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
(3e828bb584719165ba1f98603c9a441664679d122d00b02bd5a1b5767ca17ea9)
x86_64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.pkg.tar.zst
(57c55b10989ab359a0f071b15be145ceebcf574ca8129f5e35dfa726ba3bb32c)
Rpm
aarch64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.rpm
(0c742e67b9ad6e2e89e43f58cdb0a95eff3016580e453cb624b4112280495477)
x86_64: nix-multi-user-2.24.10.rpm
(19e3811cd46a0cc10076493089ec7b05f8ff1e5130cbe3f0b1494fb51a56b802)
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
(e66ca763718fbe76eaa2f1b01968184cfe0b4353c65bb0c82ac869c632e1d4e4)
x86_64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.pkg.tar.zst
(9e9071da1fb891e6b55cb9f9bac1e6c47aba793544177fd936abbc09fce6e8bc)
Rpm
aarch64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.rpm
(412dd95ac3018739cf815f774160254654a3a171ea2e33749137b9e54c46b4fa)
x86_64: lix-multi-user-2.91.1.rpm
(3a927a195bd11d36c4323fb800bd63300eff052a71604159d683a551880a4dfa)
# 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