nix derivation add - Add a store derivation
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Description
This command reads from standard input a JSON representation of a store derivation to which an
installable evaluates.
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.
nix derivation add takes a single derivation in the following format:
{{#include ../../protocols/json/derivation.md}}
Name
nix derivation add - Add a store derivation
Options
• --dry-run
Show what this command would do without doing it.
Logging-relatedoptions
• --debug
Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.
• --log-format format
Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
• --print-build-logs / -L
Print full build logs on standard error.
• --quiet
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
• --verbose / -v
Increase the logging verbosity level.
Miscellaneousglobaloptions
• --help
Show usage information.
• --offline
Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
• --option namevalue
Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
• --refresh
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
• --version
Show version information.
Note
See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.
nix3-derivation-add(1)
Synopsis
nix derivation add [option…]
