# Nix package manager

Nix package manager is useful even if you do not buy into the fully declarative NixOS ecosystem. I use nix package manager to install latest version of development tool packages even in Ubuntu installations.

A typical example would be.

## Useful aliases for fish shell

```
abbr -a -g n    nix-env
abbr -a -g ns   nix-search
abbr -a -g ni   nix-env -i
abbr -a -g nu   nix-updt
abbr -a -g ngc  nix-collect-garbage
```

## Resources

* [Nixology](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYyImy-lqaA\&list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs)


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