On 15 December 2014 at 15:04, Daniel Bergey <ber...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > For the last few days, any attempt to install with nix-env gives the > message: > > error: file ‘CYCLE’ was not found in the Nix search path (add it using > $NIX_PATH or -I) > > Can someone explain to me why this is and how to fix it? > > Some more information: > $ nix-env --version > nix-env (Nix) 1.8 > $ readlink $(which nix-env) > /nix/store/2v5ck8fgz2m38l9fg6m9d4x0afsydfk6-nix-1.8/bin/nix-env > $ echo $NIX_PATH > /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos:nixpkgs=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs:nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix > $ uname -a > Linux Chladni 3.14.26 #1-NixOS SMP Thu Jan 1 00:00:01 UTC 1970 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > I've tried rolling back my system and my user config.nix, but the error > is the same. I've found one report of this problem, but no solution: > > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/4515 > > Thanks, > bergey
I've seen this on my Debian machine. I worked around it by creating an empty file called CYCLE in a directory somewhere, and adding that directory to my NIX_PATH. James _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev