Name¶

nix-store - manipulate or query the Nix store

Synopsis¶

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

Description¶

The command nix-store performs primitive operations on the Nix store. You generally do not need to run this command manually.

nix-store takes exactly one operation flag which indicates the subcommand to be performed. 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:

•

man nix-store-<operation>.

Example: man nix-store-realise

•

nix-store --help --<operation>

Example: nix-store --help --realise