Complete Guide: Installing nix on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "nix" package

Please follow the instructions below to install nix on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                nix
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nix" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nix on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the nix package on Arch Linux

Repository : extra
Name : nix
Version : 2.20.4-3
Description : A purely functional package manager
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://nixos.org/nix
Licenses : LGPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : aws-crt-cpp aws-sdk-cpp boost-libs
libboost_context.so=1.83.0-64 brotli libbrotlienc.so=1-64
libbrotlidec.so=1-64 curl libcurl.so=4-64 editline
libeditline.so=1-64 gc gcc-libs glibc libarchive
libarchive.so=13-64 libcpuid libcpuid.so=16-64 libgit2
libgit2.so=1.7-64 libseccomp libseccomp.so=2-64 libsodium
libsodium.so=26-64 lowdown liblowdown.so=3-64 nix-busybox
openssl libcrypto.so=3-64 sqlite libsqlite3.so=0-64
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 3.37 MiB
Installed Size : 10.60 MiB
Packager : Caleb Maclennan
Build Date : Tue Mar 5 08:32:30 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature