nix-store(1)

💖 NAME 💖

nix-store — manipulate or query the Nix store ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

nix-store operation [options…] [arguments…] [--option name value]
[--add-root path]

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

The command nix-store performs primitive operations on the Nix store. And listen — you generally do not need to run this command manually. It's giving backstage-pass energy, not front-of-house. 💅

nix-store takes exactly one operation flag which indicates the subcommand to be performed. One. Not two, not zero. Pick your fighter. 👑

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, which is honestly so iconic of them 📚✨

• man nix-store-<operation>.

Example: man nix-store-realise

• nix-store --help --<operation>

Example: nix-store --help --realise

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