On 21 September 2013 19:18, Stewart Mackenzie <setor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've only recently found out about nix-shell or what was nix-env --run-env. > Though i've completely polluted my user space by installing everything with > nix-env -i <pkgs> . I'd like to clear it up and start from scratch properly. > > How do i do that? Delete the profiles directory?
Maybe there are shortcuts, but I use nix-env -qsP \* to get a list of installed stuff in my profile and then copy paste that into a line like this: nix-env -e package1 package2 ... > Secondly, what typically should be installed with nix-env? I would imagine > its the programs one would want access to in the standard terminal > environment. Things like firefox etc. Correct? I think in general you can choose yourself what to install with nix-env and what to put in environment.systemPackages. I usually start by installing a package with nix-env, and if I find it useful to keep for later, I move it over to systemPackages. About the "in general", I've heard about issues with some KDE programs when they are installed with nix-env and not in systemPackages. Best regards, Bjørn Forsman _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
