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nix3-upgrade-nix(1) General Commands Manual nix3-upgrade-nix(1)

Warning: This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

nix upgrade-nix - upgrade Nix to the latest stable version

nix upgrade-nix [option…]

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Upgrade Nix to the latest stable version:

# nix upgrade-nix
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Upgrade Nix in a specific profile:

# nix upgrade-nix -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile

This command upgrades Nix to the latest version. By default, it locates the directory containing the nix binary in the $PATH environment variable. If that directory is a Nix profile, it will upgrade the nix package in that profile to the latest stable binary release.

You cannot use this command to upgrade Nix in the system profile of a NixOS system (that is, if nix is found in /run/current-system).

  • --dry-run
    Show what this command would do without doing it.
  • --nix-store-paths-url url
    The URL of the file that contains the store paths of the latest Nix release.
  • --profile / -p profile-dir
    The path to the Nix profile to upgrade.