nix profile

Install, update and remove packages from Nix profiles. More information: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.html.

• Install some packages from nixpkgs into the default profile:

nix profile install nixpkgs#pkg1 nixpkgs#pkg2 ...

• Install a package from a flake on GitHub into a custom profile:

nix profile install github:owner/repo/pkg --profile ./path/to/directory

• List packages currently installed in the default profile:

nix profile list

• Remove a package installed from nixpkgs from the default profile, by name:

nix profile remove legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.pkg

• Upgrade packages in the default to the latest available versions:

nix profile upgrade

• Rollback (cancel) the latest action on the default profile:

nix profile rollback