Hi, there is a wealth of material concerning nix, and I haven't read everything, so please pardon me if I missed an obvious answer to this question.
Is it possible to use nix without a permanent connection to the Internet? In Gentoo Linux, for example, "emerge --sync" updates the package database. Then, "emerge --fetchonly xorg-x11 mozilla-firefox ..." downloads all files that are required to install those packages, including dependencies and everything. The result of the entire operation resides in /usr/portage. I can copy that directory tree to another machine and install those packages on the other machine without requiring network access. Can nix do something similar? I need that because I'd like to install nix on a set of machines that have no Internet connection whatsoever (for security reasons). I can get data onto those machines (by CD-ROM or whatever), but it's an inconvenient and lengthy process. Downloading packages and data files from the Internet is an option, but I'd like to batch it. Is that possible? And if it is, how difficult would it be to keep those machines up-to-date using that kind of process? Best regards, Peter _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@cs.uu.nl https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
