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> If that's the case, perhaps `nix-env` shouldn't be mentioned as the command to use to install packages on search.nixos.org? Yes, you should pretend this comm
by xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
> If that's the case, perhaps `nix-env` shouldn't be mentioned as the command to use to install packages on search.nixos.org?
Yes, you should pretend this command doesn't exist.
There is no need to be using NixOS to do so.
> Oh, and the nix package manager is still unbearably slow
This doesn't match my experience so I wonder what you're doing differently. It's only slow if you're missing the cache, either local or remote, as then you need to build things locally, unlike apk and pacman which install only prebuilt packages from repositories. Nix is fundamentally different to those package managers. I find it very snappy.
- colordrops 5y agoMy experience is also that it is quick as long as the package is cached. And it usually is unless you are using master, which is definitely not recommended.