nix-store - manipulate or query the Nix store

Name  Synopsis  Description 

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Name

nix-store - manipulate or query the Nix store

Synopsis

nix-store operation [optionsâ¦] [argumentsâ¦] [--option name value] [--add-root path]

Description

The command nix-store performs primitive operations on the Nix store. You generally do not need to run this command manually.

nix-store takes exactly one operation flag which indicates the subcommand to be performed. The following operations are available:

	•		--realise
	•		--serve
	•		--gc
	•		--delete
	•		--query
	•		--add
	•		--add-fixed
	•		--verify
	•		--verify-path
	•		--repair-path
	•		--dump
	•		--restore
	•		--export
	•		--import
	•		--optimise
	•		--read-log
	•		--dump-db
	•		--load-db
	•		--print-env
	•		--generate-binary-cache-key

These pages can be viewed offline:

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man nix-store-<operation>.

Example: man nix-store-realise

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nix-store --help --<operation>

Example: nix-store --help --realise

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