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authorJörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>2021-09-07 06:20:26 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-09-07 06:20:26 +0100
commit2a55504a99ed3d82d08d6cdc382190deb4036902 (patch)
tree6900f91b325b0b4c8baf6f3c24533a4d2c5d596a /nixos/doc
parent96c98af2114fd00c1538dbc78b7f1c3603bf1ab5 (diff)
parent865b3918f2a0853dfadc104394bbc98be114cf17 (diff)
Merge pull request #128934 from bobby285271/pr6
nixos/doc: convert "6.2. Ad-Hoc Package Management" to CommonMark
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-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.md51
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.xml61
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/configuration/package-mgmt.xml2
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/from_md/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.xml59
4 files changed, 111 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9d574903a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Ad-Hoc Package Management {#sec-ad-hoc-packages}
+
+With the command `nix-env`, you can install and uninstall packages from
+the command line. For instance, to install Mozilla Thunderbird:
+
+```ShellSession
+$ nix-env -iA nixos.thunderbird
+```
+
+If you invoke this as root, the package is installed in the Nix profile
+`/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` and visible to all users of the system;
+otherwise, the package ends up in
+`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/profile` and is not visible to
+other users. The `-A` flag specifies the package by its attribute name;
+without it, the package is installed by matching against its package
+name (e.g. `thunderbird`). The latter is slower because it requires
+matching against all available Nix packages, and is ambiguous if there
+are multiple matching packages.
+
+Packages come from the NixOS channel. You typically upgrade a package by
+updating to the latest version of the NixOS channel:
+
+```ShellSession
+$ nix-channel --update nixos
+```
+
+and then running `nix-env -i` again. Other packages in the profile are
+*not* affected; this is the crucial difference with the declarative
+style of package management, where running `nixos-rebuild switch` causes
+all packages to be updated to their current versions in the NixOS
+channel. You can however upgrade all packages for which there is a newer
+version by doing:
+
+```ShellSession
+$ nix-env -u '*'
+```
+
+A package can be uninstalled using the `-e` flag:
+
+```ShellSession
+$ nix-env -e thunderbird
+```
+
+Finally, you can roll back an undesirable `nix-env` action:
+
+```ShellSession
+$ nix-env --rollback
+```
+
+`nix-env` has many more flags. For details, see the nix-env(1) manpage or
+the Nix manual.
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c7e882d846fa..000000000000
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
- xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- version="5.0"
- xml:id="sec-ad-hoc-packages">
- <title>Ad-Hoc Package Management</title>
-
- <para>
- With the command <command>nix-env</command>, you can install and uninstall
- packages from the command line. For instance, to install Mozilla Thunderbird:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -iA nixos.thunderbird</screen>
- If you invoke this as root, the package is installed in the Nix profile
- <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</filename> and visible to all users
- of the system; otherwise, the package ends up in
- <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<replaceable>username</replaceable>/profile</filename>
- and is not visible to other users. The <option>-A</option> flag specifies the
- package by its attribute name; without it, the package is installed by
- matching against its package name (e.g. <literal>thunderbird</literal>). The
- latter is slower because it requires matching against all available Nix
- packages, and is ambiguous if there are multiple matching packages.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Packages come from the NixOS channel. You typically upgrade a package by
- updating to the latest version of the NixOS channel:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-channel --update nixos
-</screen>
- and then running <literal>nix-env -i</literal> again. Other packages in the
- profile are <emphasis>not</emphasis> affected; this is the crucial difference
- with the declarative style of package management, where running
- <command>nixos-rebuild switch</command> causes all packages to be updated to
- their current versions in the NixOS channel. You can however upgrade all
- packages for which there is a newer version by doing:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -u '*'
-</screen>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- A package can be uninstalled using the <option>-e</option> flag:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -e thunderbird
-</screen>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Finally, you can roll back an undesirable <command>nix-env</command> action:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env --rollback
-</screen>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <command>nix-env</command> has many more flags. For details, see the
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>nix-env</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> manpage or the Nix manual.
- </para>
-</section>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/package-mgmt.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/package-mgmt.xml
index e8ac5d0681a9..2f9395d26fa8 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/package-mgmt.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/package-mgmt.xml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<xi:include href="declarative-packages.xml" />
- <xi:include href="ad-hoc-packages.xml" />
+ <xi:include href="../from_md/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.xml" />
</chapter>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9a8d4f3f106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/configuration/ad-hoc-packages.section.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-ad-hoc-packages">
+ <title>Ad-Hoc Package Management</title>
+ <para>
+ With the command <literal>nix-env</literal>, you can install and
+ uninstall packages from the command line. For instance, to install
+ Mozilla Thunderbird:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+$ nix-env -iA nixos.thunderbird
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ If you invoke this as root, the package is installed in the Nix
+ profile <literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</literal> and visible
+ to all users of the system; otherwise, the package ends up in
+ <literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/profile</literal>
+ and is not visible to other users. The <literal>-A</literal> flag
+ specifies the package by its attribute name; without it, the package
+ is installed by matching against its package name (e.g.
+ <literal>thunderbird</literal>). The latter is slower because it
+ requires matching against all available Nix packages, and is
+ ambiguous if there are multiple matching packages.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Packages come from the NixOS channel. You typically upgrade a
+ package by updating to the latest version of the NixOS channel:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+$ nix-channel --update nixos
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ and then running <literal>nix-env -i</literal> again. Other packages
+ in the profile are <emphasis>not</emphasis> affected; this is the
+ crucial difference with the declarative style of package management,
+ where running <literal>nixos-rebuild switch</literal> causes all
+ packages to be updated to their current versions in the NixOS
+ channel. You can however upgrade all packages for which there is a
+ newer version by doing:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+$ nix-env -u '*'
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ A package can be uninstalled using the <literal>-e</literal> flag:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+$ nix-env -e thunderbird
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ Finally, you can roll back an undesirable <literal>nix-env</literal>
+ action:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+$ nix-env --rollback
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ <literal>nix-env</literal> has many more flags. For details, see the
+ nix-env(1) manpage or the Nix manual.
+ </para>
+</section>