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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/nix/current/xml/dtd/docbook/docbookx.dtd"
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[
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]>
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<book>
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<title>Nix: The Manual</title>
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<!--======================================================================-->
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<chapter>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>
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Nix is a system for the automatic creation and distribution of data, such
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as computer programs and other software artifacts.
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<!--======================================================================-->
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<chapter>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<sect1>
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<title>Prerequisites</title>
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<para>
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Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library. However,
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these are fetched automatically as part of the build process.
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</para>
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<para>
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Other than that, you need a good C++ compiler. GCC 2.95 does not
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appear to work; please use GCC 3.x.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Obtaining Nix</title>
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<para>
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Nix can be obtained from its <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/trunk'>Subversion
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repository</ulink>. For example, the following command will check
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out the latest revision into a directory called
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<filename>nix</filename>:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ svn checkout http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/trunk nix</screen>
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<para>
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Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/tags'>tags
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directory</ulink> of the repository. If you don't have Subversion,
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you can download a <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/dist/trace/'>compressed
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tar-file</ulink> of the latest revision of the repository.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Building Nix</title>
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<para>
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To build Nix, do the following:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ autoreconf -i
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$ ./configure <replaceable>options...</replaceable>
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$ make
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$ make install</screen>
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<para>
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Currently, the only useful switch for <command>configure</command> is
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<option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to specify
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where Nix is to be installed. The default installation directory is
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<filename>/nix</filename>. You can change this to any location you
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like. You should ensure that you have write permission to the
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installation prefix.
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</para>
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<warning>
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<para>
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It is advisable <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the installation
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prefix, since doing so will in all likelihood make it impossible to
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use derivates built on other systems.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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</book>
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