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Do you use nix run often? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by RustyNova@lemmy.world to c/nix@programming.dev

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This may be an unusual thing but I realised that use nix run a lot instead of putting the package in my nixos configuration. It's often on packages I run at most once every 3 days

Am I the only one that does that?

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[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I use nix-shell -p for infrequently used commands, or nix shell flake#packagename for flakes. I prefer the shell environment because I rarely need to run something only one in a session. Usually I forget the cli arguments, and then have to run --help and so on.

For anything I need more frequently, I usually install either via home manager if I care about a specific/newer version, or just as a system package (I don't use NixOS).