How To Install nix-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nix-bin on Kali Linux. nix-bin is Purely functional package manager (binaries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nix-bin on Kali Linux.

What is nix-bin

nix-bin is:

A powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Nix provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of build environments.

NOTE: This package only provides the nix binaries. One still needs to setup directories, environments variables and configuration files to use nix as described in the nix manual. The package nix-setup-systemd provides such a setup using systemd mechanisms, also see /usr/share/doc/nix-bin/README.Debian.

There are three methods to install nix-bin on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nix-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nix-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nix-bin

Install nix-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nix-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nix-bin

Install nix-bin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nix-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nix-bin

How To Uninstall nix-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nix-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nix-bin

Uninstall nix-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nix-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nix-bin

Remove nix-bin Configurations and Data

To remove nix-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nix-bin

Remove nix-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nix-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nix-bin

Dependencies

nix-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nix-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.