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Indeed, as a newcomer to Nix I was immediately put off by the arcaness of everything. I don't want my first experience to be memorized obscure paths and funky
by FullyFunctional 5y ago
Indeed, as a newcomer to Nix I was immediately put off by the arcaness of everything. I don't want my first experience to be memorized obscure paths and funky command line arguments (such may justified _later_ when more advanced options are wanted). I'm glad it works for people and I gather nix-env is a step in the right direction, but it's IMO not quite there yet.
EDIT: example, why is it
nix-env -qaP git
instead of
nix search git
- ianthehenry 5y agoIt actually is! There are lots of examples of arcane Nix commands, but as of Nix 2.0, you actually can type `nix search git`. And it works much better than `nix-env -qa` ever did. Your point stands, though. For example, why is it: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.git Instead of: nix install git (I know what the answer is, but still, it's a question that I think a lot of newcomers are going to ask.)
- carlthome 5y agoNewcomer here. What's the answer?