Can I install nix without a connection to the net?

[gowwe]

Can I install nix without a connection to the net?

[t184256]

No. Even if you supply a local bootstrap zipball, it will still need a network connection for the initial generation building.

What's your use case, I wonder?

[gowwe]

Please provide a fully installed offline copy

[t184256]

Yeah, I heard you. Let's forget for a minute that it's not entirely possible because some important bits of the installation process depend on device-specific things like the user id. Imagine that I somehow did what you're asking for.

How would you use that? Nix is a package manager, and packages come from the network.

What's your specific use case?

[gowwe]

Yes, I mean to install the entire application to be ready to install packages

[t184256]

Alright, keep your secrets. No, this isn't possible, and without a good use case for it I won't consider implementing it.

[gowwe]

Can I download and install nix files manually? في الجمعة، ٢٦ فبراير ٢٠٢١ ١١:٥١ ص Alexander Sosedkin < notifications@github.com> كتب:

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Yeah, I heard you. Let's forget for a minute that it's not entirely possible because some important bits of the installation process depend on device-specific things like the user id. Imagine that I somehow did what you're asking for. How would you use that? Nix is a package manager, and packages come from the network. What's your specific use case? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#107 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM4AKB3K2VAYCRDWJ4GRP3TTA5VLPANCNFSM4YIB6HGA> .

[t184256]

Nix packages aren't "nix files" and one doesn't simply "download them". It's closer to a source-based distro, albeit with a binary cache. I'd recommend you to first try NixOS on your desktop to see what is it all about.

[gowwe]

I did not mean the packages, I meant bootstrap.zip and a file size of 300 MB to be inside the application في الجمعة، ٢٦ فبراير ٢٠٢١ ٥:٢٩ م Alexander Sosedkin < notifications@github.com> كتب:

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Nix packages aren't "nix files" and one doesn't simply "download them". It's closer to a source-based distro, albeit with a binary cache. I'd recommend you to first try NixOS on your desktop to see what is it all about. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#107 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM4AKBZMN2XUHUIFV3XJCCDTA6447ANCNFSM4YIB6HGA> .