How To Install nix-setup-systemd on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is nix-setup-systemd

nix-setup-systemd 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.

This package uses systemd mechanisms to setup the nix package manager.

NOTE: This package creates (via tmpfiles.d) a top-level folder /nix. This is not compliant with the file hierarchy standard but should not be a problem for most people. See /usr/share/doc/nix-bin/README.Debian.

There are three methods to install nix-setup-systemd 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-setup-systemd 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-setup-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nix-setup-systemd

Install nix-setup-systemd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nix-setup-systemd

Install nix-setup-systemd 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-setup-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nix-setup-systemd

How To Uninstall nix-setup-systemd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nix-setup-systemd

Uninstall nix-setup-systemd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nix-setup-systemd

Remove nix-setup-systemd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nix-setup-systemd

Remove nix-setup-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nix-setup-systemd

Dependencies

nix-setup-systemd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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