The quickest way to install Nix is to open a terminal and run the following
command (as a user other than root with sudo permission):
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
Make sure to follow the instructions output by the script.
The installation script requires that you have sudo access to root.
You may want to verify the integrity of the installation script using GPG:
$ curl -o install-nix-2.3.7 https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.7/install $ curl -o install-nix-2.3.7.asc https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.7/install.asc $ gpg2 --recv-keys B541D55301270E0BCF15CA5D8170B4726D7198DE $ gpg2 --verify ./install-nix-2.3.7.asc $ sh ./install-nix-2.3.7
The signing key has fingerprint
B541 D553 0127 0E0B CF15 CA5D 8170 B472 6D71 98DE.
It is also available
on GitHub.
You can uninstall Nix simply by running rm -rf /nix.
The following release items are also available:
You can install NixOS on physical hardware by burning one of the CD images onto a blank CD/DVD disk, or by copying it onto a USB stick. For installation instructions, please see the manual.
The graphical installation CD contains the NixOS installer as well as the KDE Desktop and several applications. It’s a live CD, so it allows you to get an impression of NixOS (and the Nix package manager) without installing it.
The minimal installation CD does not contain the graphical user interface, and is therefore a lot smaller. You have to run the installer from the console. It contains a number of rescue tools.
This is a demo appliance for VirtualBox (in OVA format) that has
X11 and Plasma 5 enabled, as well as the VirtualBox guest additions. To
use it, download the OVA file, open VirtualBox, run “File → Import
Appliance” from the menu, select the OVA file, and click “Import”.
You can then start the virtual machine. When the KDE login screen
appears, you can log in as user demo,
password demo. To obtain a root shell, run
sudo -i in the KDE terminal (konsole).
If you are an EC2 user, you can deploy a NixOS instance instantly in your preferred region by using one of the AMIs listed below.
| Region | Root storage | Virtualisation | AMI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ap-east-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0d18fdd309cdefa86 |
Launch |
ap-northeast-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-093d9cc49c191eb6c |
Launch |
ap-northeast-2 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0087df91a7b6ebd45 |
Launch |
ap-south-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0a1a6b569af04af9d |
Launch |
ap-southeast-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0dbf353e168d155f7 |
Launch |
ap-southeast-2 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-04c0f3a75f63daddd |
Launch |
ca-central-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-02365684a173255c7 |
Launch |
eu-central-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0a1a94722dcbff94c |
Launch |
eu-north-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-02699abfacbb6464b |
Launch |
eu-west-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-02c34db5766cc7013 |
Launch |
eu-west-2 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0e32bd8c7853883f1 |
Launch |
eu-west-3 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-061edb1356c1d69fd |
Launch |
sa-east-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-09859378158ae971d |
Launch |
us-east-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-0c5e7760748b74e85 |
Launch |
us-east-2 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-030296bb256764655 |
Launch |
us-west-1 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-050be818e0266b741 |
Launch |
us-west-2 |
EBS | Hardware | ami-06562f78dca68eda2 |
Launch |
You can create an instance using the AWS Management Console by
clicking one of the Launch buttons. You can also create an instance
from the command line. For example, to create an instance in region
eu-west-1
using the EC2 API tools, just
run:
$ ec2-run-instances ami-02c34db5766cc7013 --region eu-west-1 -k my-key-pair