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# Options
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The following options are allowed for all `nix-env` operations, but may not always have an effect.
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- `--file` / `-f` *path*
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Specifies the Nix expression (designated below as the *active Nix
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expression*) used by the `--install`, `--upgrade`, and `--query
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--available` operations to obtain derivations. The default is
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`~/.nix-defexpr`.
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If the argument starts with `http://` or `https://`, it is
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interpreted as the URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and
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unpacked to a temporary location. The tarball must include a single
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top-level directory containing at least a file named `default.nix`.
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- `--profile` / `-p` *path*
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Specifies the profile to be used by those operations that operate on
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a profile (designated below as the *active profile*). A profile is a
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sequence of user environments called *generations*, one of which is
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the *current generation*.
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- `--dry-run`
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For the `--install`, `--upgrade`, `--uninstall`,
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`--switch-generation`, `--delete-generations` and `--rollback`
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operations, this flag will cause `nix-env` to print what *would* be
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done if this flag had not been specified, without actually doing it.
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`--dry-run` also prints out which paths will be
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[substituted](@docroot@/glossary.md) (i.e., downloaded) and which paths
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will be built from source (because no substitute is available).
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- `--system-filter` *system*
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By default, operations such as `--query --available` show derivations matching any platform. This option
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allows you to use derivations for the specified platform *system*.
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