nix3-profile-list(1) General Commands Manual nix3-profile-list(1) Warning This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change. Name nix profile list - list installed packages Synopsis nix profile list [option] Examples o Show what packages are installed in the default profile: # nix profile list Name: gdb Flake attribute: legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.gdb Original flake URL: flake:nixpkgs Locked flake URL: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/7b38b03d76ab71bdc8dc325e3f6338d984cc35ca Store paths: /nix/store/indzcw5wvlhx6vwk7k4iq29q15chvr3d-gdb-11.1 Name: blender-bin Flake attribute: packages.x86_64-linux.default Original flake URL: flake:blender-bin Locked flake URL: github:edolstra/nix-warez/91f2ffee657bf834e4475865ae336e2379282d34?dir=blender Store paths: /nix/store/i798sxl3j40wpdi1rgf391id1b5klw7g-blender-bin-3.1.2 Note that you can unambiguously rebuild a package from a profile through its locked flake URL and flake attribute, e.g. # nix build github:edolstra/nix-warez/91f2ffee657bf834e4475865ae336e2379282d34?dir=blender#packages.x86_64-linux.default will build the package blender-bin shown above. Description This command shows what packages are currently installed in a profile. For each installed package, it shows the following information: o Name: A unique name used to unambiguously identify the package in invocations of nix profile remove and nix profile upgrade. o Index: An integer that can be used to unambiguously identify the package in invocations of nix profile remove and nix profile upgrade. (Deprecated, will be removed in a future version in favor of Name.) o Flake attribute: The flake output attribute path that provides the package (e.g. packages.x86_64-linux.hello). o Original flake URL: The original ("unlocked") flake reference specified by the user when the package was first installed via nix profile install. o Locked flake URL: The locked flake reference to which the original flake reference was resolved. o Store paths: The store path(s) of the package. Options o --json Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program. o --profile path The profile to operate on. Common evaluation options o --arg name expr Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions. o --arg-from-file name path Pass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions. o --arg-from-stdin name Pass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions. o --argstr name string Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions. o --debugger Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails. o --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. o --impure Allow access to mutable paths and repositories. o --include / -I path Add path to the Nix search path. The Nix search path is initialized from the colon-separated NIX_PATH environment variable, and is used to look up the location of Nix expressions using paths enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., ). For instance, passing -I /home/eelco/Dev -I /etc/nixos will cause Nix to look for paths relative to /home/eelco/Dev and /etc/nixos, in that order. This is equivalent to setting the NIX_PATH environment variable to /home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos It is also possible to match paths against a prefix. For example, passing -I nixpkgs=/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch -I /etc/nixos will cause Nix to search for in /home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-branch/path and /etc/nixos/nixpkgs/path. If a path in the Nix search path starts with http:// or https://, it is interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must consist of a single top-level directory. For example, passing -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz tells Nix to download and use the current contents of the master branch in the nixpkgs repository. The URLs of the tarballs from the official nixos.org channels (see the manual page for nix-channel) can be abbreviated as channel:. For instance, the following two flags are equivalent: -I nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz You can also fetch source trees using flake URLs and add them to the search path. For instance, -I nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgs specifies that the prefix nixpkgs shall refer to the source tree downloaded from the nixpkgs entry in the flake registry. Similarly, -I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05 makes refer to a particular branch of the NixOS/nixpkgs repository on GitHub. o --override-flake original-ref resolved-ref Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved- ref. Logging-related options o --debug Set the logging verbosity level to `debug'. o --log-format format Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs. o --print-build-logs / -L Print full build logs on standard error. o --quiet Decrease the logging verbosity level. o --verbose / -v Increase the logging verbosity level. Miscellaneous global options o --help Show usage information. o --offline Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. o --option name value Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf). o --refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. o --repair During evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths. o --version Show version information. Note See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags. nix3-profile-list(1)