Uninstalling Nix
Nix can be uninstalled from a Linux system using the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nix
To summarize, Nix is a purely functional package manager with various features, such as atomic upgrades/rollbacks and support for multiple installations. It can be easily installed on a Linux system by downloading the Nix installation script and running it on the system. Once Nix is installed, users can use the nix-env command to manage packages on their system.
Nix – The Purely Functional Package Manager for Linux
Nix is a purely functional package manager for Linux, that serves to provide a purely functional approach to any system’s software package management. Due to its functional and declarative approach, it is lauded for its capacity to:
- Support the installation of multiple versions of a given package.
- Enable atomic upgrades and rollbacks of a given package.