the nix develop command
The nix develop command is for working on a repository. If our
repository contains a Makefile, it will be used by the various
sub-commands.
nix develop supports multiple
phases and
they map as follow:
| phase | default to | command | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| configurePhase | ./configure | nix develop --configure | |
| buildPhase | make | nix develop --build | |
| checkPhase | make check | nix develop --check | |
| installPhase | make install | nix develop --install |
In the repository, running nix develop --build will build the binary
using the Makefile. This is different from running nix build.
the nix build and nix run commands
for Go
For Go, there’s the buildGoModule. Looking at the
source
we can see there’s a definition of what will be done for each phases. As
a result, we don’t have to define them ourselves.
If we run nix build in the repository, it will run the default build
phase.
buildInputs or nativeBuildInputs
nativeBuildInputsis intended for architecture-dependent build-time-only dependenciesbuildInputsis intended for architecture-independent build-time-only dependencies