nix3-bundle(1)

    Warning
    This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix bundle - bundle an application so that it works outside of the Nix store

Synopsis

nix bundle [option…] installable

Examples

•   Bundle Hello:

    # nix bundle nixpkgs#hello
    # ./hello
    Hello, world!

•   Bundle a specific version of Nix:

    # nix bundle github:NixOS/nix/e3ddffb27e5fc37a209cfd843c6f7f6a9460a8ec
    # ./nix --version
    nix (Nix) 2.4pre20201215_e3ddffb

•   Bundle a Hello using a specific bundler:

    # nix bundle --bundler github:NixOS/bundlers#toDockerImage nixpkgs#hello
    # docker load < hello-2.10.tar.gz
    # docker run hello-2.10:latest hello
    Hello, world!

Description

nix bundle, by default, packs the closure of the installable into a single self-extracting executable. See the bundlers homepage for more details.

    Note

    This command only works on Linux.

Flake output attributes

If no flake output attribute is given, nix bundle tries the following flake output attributes:

•   bundlers.<system>.default

If an attribute name is given, nix bundle tries the following flake output attributes:

•   bundlers.<system>.<name>

Bundlers

A bundler is specified by a flake output attribute named bundlers.<system>.<name>. It looks like this:

    bundlers.x86_64-linux = rec {
      identity = drv: drv;
      blender_2_79 = drv: self.packages.x86_64-linux.blender_2_79;
      default = identity;
    };

A bundler must be a function that accepts an arbitrary value (typically a derivation or app definition) and returns a derivation.

Options

•   --bundler / -B flake-url

    Use a custom bundler instead of the default (github:NixOS/bundlers).

•   --out-link / -o path

    Override the name of the symlink to the build result. It defaults to the base name of the app.

  Common evaluation options

•   --arg name expr

    Pass the value expr as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --arg-from-file name path

    Pass the contents of file path as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --arg-from-stdin name

    Pass the contents of stdin as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --argstr name string

    Pass the string string as the argument name to Nix functions.

•   --debugger

    Start an interactive environment if evaluation fails.

•   --eval-store store-url

    The URL of the Nix store to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (.drv files) and inputs referenced by them.

•   --impure

    Allow access to mutable paths and repositories.

•   --include / -I path

    Add path to search path entries used to resolve lookup paths

    This option may be given multiple times.

    Paths added through -I take precedence over the nix-path configuration setting and the NIX_PATH environment variable.

•   --override-flake original-ref resolved-ref

    Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref.

  Common flake-related options

•   --commit-lock-file

    Commit changes to the flake’s lock file.

•   --inputs-from flake-url

    Use the inputs of the specified flake as registry entries.

•   --no-registries

    Don’t allow lookups in the flake registries.

        DEPRECATED

        Use --no-use-registries instead.

•   --no-update-lock-file

    Do not allow any updates to the flake’s lock file.

•   --no-write-lock-file

    Do not write the flake’s newly generated lock file.

•   --output-lock-file flake-lock-path

    Write the given lock file instead of flake.lock within the top-level flake.

•   --override-input input-path flake-url

    Override a specific flake input (e.g. dwarffs/nixpkgs). The input path must not be empty. This implies --no-write-lock-file.

•   --recreate-lock-file

    Recreate the flake’s lock file from scratch.

        DEPRECATED

        Use nix flake update instead.

•   --reference-lock-file flake-lock-path

    Read the given lock file instead of flake.lock within the top-level flake.

•   --update-input input-path

    Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in the lock file).

        DEPRECATED

        Use nix flake update instead.

  Logging-related options

•   --debug

    Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

•   --log-format format

    Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

•   --print-build-logs / -L

    Print full build logs on standard error.

•   --quiet

    Decrease the logging verbosity level.

•   --verbose / -v

    Increase the logging verbosity level.

  Miscellaneous global options

•   --help

    Show usage information.

•   --offline

    Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

•   --option name value

    Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

•   --refresh

    Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

•   --repair

    During evaluation, rewrite missing or corrupted files in the Nix store. During building, rebuild missing or corrupted store paths.

•   --version

    Show version information.

  Options that change the interpretation of installables

•   --expr expr

    Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression expr.

•   --file / -f file

    Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in file. If file is the character -, then a Nix expression is read from standard input. Implies --impure.

    Note

    See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.