How to register nix package after building?

Question

I know that a nix package from repository can be installed via:

 nix-env -i package-name

After that command executable file is on the path and it everything fine.

On project page I spot that a nix package could be build from source:

 nix-build -A package-name

Building completes successfully and path to executable is printed on console, but current nix environment doesn't see the new program. Sure I can modify PATH manually, but I would like to use nix-build option or addition nix-env run and don't bother with modifying configuration files manually.

`nix-env` will compile the package if needed. In addition, `nix-build` will only build from source if needed. Otherwise it will use the existing compiled package. — Emmanuel Rosa, Jul 29 '20 at 11:55
It's also possible to `nix-env -i ./result` or any other /nix/store path. — Vladimír Čunát, Jul 29 '20 at 14:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 08 '23 at 10:18

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In addition to the comment of Vladimir you can do:

nix-env -i -f default.nix

to install the single package defined in default.nix as explained here and if you actually define in default.nix a set of packages then it would be like:

nix-env -i -A package-name -f default.nix

Note that if you are using flake you can use

nix profile install .#package-name

edited Feb 08 '23 at 10:18

Glorfindel

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answered Oct 18 '22 at 14:49

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How to register nix package after building?

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