nix3-derivation-show(1) General Commands Manual nix3-derivation-show(1)

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

nix derivation show - show the contents of a store derivation

nix derivation show [option…] installables…

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Show the store derivation that results from evaluating the Hello package:
# nix derivation show nixpkgs#hello
{
"/nix/store/s6rn4jz1sin56rf4qj5b5v8jxjm32hlk-hello-2.10.drv": {
  …
}
}
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Show the full derivation graph (if available) that produced your NixOS system:
# nix derivation show -r /run/current-system
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Print all files fetched using fetchurl by Firefox’s dependency graph:
# nix derivation show -r nixpkgs#firefox \
| jq -r '.[] | select(.outputs.out.hash and .env.urls) | .env.urls' \
| uniq | sort
Note that .outputs.out.hash selects fixed-output derivations (derivations that produce output with a specified content hash), while .env.urls selects derivations with a urls attribute.

This command prints on standard output a JSON representation of the store derivations to which installables evaluate.

Store derivations are used internally by Nix. They are store paths with extension .drv that represent the build-time dependency graph to which a Nix expression evaluates.

By default, this command only shows top-level derivations, but with --recursive, it also shows their dependencies.

nix derivation show outputs a JSON map of store paths to derivations in the following format:

{{#include ../../protocols/json/derivation.md}}

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--recursive / -r
Include the dependencies of the specified derivations.
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--stdin
Read installables from the standard input. No default installable applied.

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--arg name expr
Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.
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--arg-from-file name path
Pass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions.
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--arg-from-stdin name
Pass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions.
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--argstr name string
Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.
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--debugger
Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails.
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--eval-store store-url
The URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (.drv files) and inputs referenced by them.
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--impure
Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.
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--include / -I path
Add path to search path entries used to resolve lookup paths
This option may be given multiple times.
Paths added through -I take precedence over the nix-path configuration setting and the NIX_PATH environment variable.
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--override-flake original-ref resolved-ref
Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.
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--commit-lock-file
Commit changes to the flake’s lock file.
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--inputs-from flake-url
Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.
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--no-registries
Don’t allow lookups in the flake registries.
DEPRECATED
Use --no-use-registries instead.
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--no-update-lock-file
Do not allow any updates to the flake’s lock file.
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--no-write-lock-file
Do not write the flake’s newly generated lock file.
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--output-lock-file flake-lock-path
Write the given lock file instead of flake.lock within the top-level flake.
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--override-input input-path flake-url
Override a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). This implies --no-write-lock-file.
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--recreate-lock-file
Recreate the flake’s lock file from scratch.
DEPRECATED
Use nix flake update instead.
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--reference-lock-file flake-lock-path
Read the given lock file instead of flake.lock within the top-level flake.
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--update-input input-path
Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock file).
DEPRECATED
Use nix flake update instead.
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--debug
Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.
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--log-format format
Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
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--print-build-logs / -L
Print full build logs on standard error.
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--quiet
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
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--verbose / -v
Increase the logging verbosity level.

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--help
Show usage information.
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--offline
Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
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--option name value
Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
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--refresh
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
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--repair
During evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths.
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--version
Show version information.

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--expr expr
Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression expr.
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--file / -f file
Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in file. If file is the character -, then a Nix expression will be read from standard input. Implies --impure.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.