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nix-env --set(1) General Commands Manual nix-env --set(1)

Name

nix-env --set - set profile to contain a specified derivation

Synopsis

nix-env --set drvname

Description

The --set operation modifies the current generation of a profile so that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else.

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Examples

The following updates a profile such that its current generation will contain just Firefox:

$ nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox