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Learning curve? I've meant to get around to it but my to do list is pretty big so far.
Nix is on the destinations to visit but the configurations are still confusing at a glance.
If you use Nix the imperative way (
nix profile blah
), you don't need to learn the Nix language at all, or write config files. Installing/removing/upgrading packages is just a single command, similar to other package managers.Eg:
bat
on nixpkgs:nix search nixpkgs bat
bat
:nix profile install nixpkgs#bat
nix profile upgrade '.*'
Ref: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile
Or just home-manager with a list of packages, and you avoid all of the issues imperative PMs have.
Stop making a list and start with eg: Nix Pills