How to Install and Uninstall nix-bin Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "nix-bin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nix-bin on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nix-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nix-bin" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall nix-bin on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nix-bin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nix-bin package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: nix-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.0+dfsg-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: nix
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Koch
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12517
Depends: bzip2, curl, libdbd-sqlite3-perl, libwww-curl-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), perl, xz-utils, libarchive13 (>= 3.2.1), libboost-context1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0), libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcpuid15 (>= 0.5.0), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.28.0), libgc1 (>= 1:8.0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libseccomp2 (>= 1.0.1), libsodium23 (>= 0.7.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.14.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Recommends: nix-setup-systemd
Filename: pool/universe/n/nix/nix-bin_2.6.0+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 3267024
MD5sum: 94e0fd9a4fa1a484f17a152c4133d3b0
SHA1: fe96305bc5cc73af6d6ce71b4d2558aa43690058
SHA256: 72315d479892803ac833bd5ba39ffc10e0c527501fb3bc6026bbd98db4ddf193
SHA512: e2221fa3d7b88fcb827694558e1dcbda35a29965ea7f3c10d2bcd696717fc6801728a246d340db8252b1e5fdfe90d45be7cfd7820ccc041bcde941df84334790
Homepage: https://nixos.org/nix
Description: Purely functional package manager (binaries)
Description-md5: 94e3e72eab4496106b0a66681c8e7956