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Nix(OS)

List dependencies of package

nix-store -q --references `which bash`

Instead of `which bash` you can also specify a file in a nix store path (or just the store path) or a link to contents of the store.

Reverse dependencies

nix-store -q --referrers `which bash`

Analogue to apt-cache rdepends. Like with --references, any nix store reference can be passed.

Recursive dependencies

nix-store -qR `which man`

In tree view:

nix-store -q --tree `which man`

List all system generations

sudo nix-env --list-generations --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system

Build package outside of nixpkgs tree

nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; callPackage ./mypackage.nix { }'