Problem fixed :-) But the solution is a little "strange", and I don't know if it is better improving the Wiki.
I installed the bash of Nix nix-env -i bash Then I executed bash Then nix-shell is working nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A hello unpackPhase configurePhase buildPhase On Nix which bash /home/zanibonim/.nix-profile/bin/bash bash-4.3$ bash --version GNU bash, versione 4.3.39(1)-release (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) On Mint which bash /bin/bash bash --version GNU bash, versione 4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) So is it a requirement of Nix, that the hosting shell must be the same shell shipped with Nix? When I need to run Nix, I manually execute source /home/zanibonim/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh so by default in my case, the Bash shell is the shell shipped with Mint, because at login/startup, no Nix package is never called. Regards, Massimo On 20/08/2015 18:13, Massimo Zaniboni wrote: >> But on my Mint system, the nix-shell does not see the "configurePhase" >> and all other "*Phase" commands. > > I tried also on a Mint system installed from scratch on a distinct VM, > for excluding problems on my system. > > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev