home-manager 1 Home Manager home-manager reconfigure a user environment home-manager build init --switch dir instantiate edit expire-generations timestamp generations help news option option.name packages remove-generations ID … switch uninstall -A attrPath -I path --flake flake-uri -b ext -f --file path -h --help --version -n --dry-run --option name value --cores number -j --max-jobs number --debug --impure --keep-failed --keep-going -L --print-build-logs --show-trace --(no-)substitute --no-out-link --refresh -v --verbose This command updates the user environment so that it corresponds to the configuration specified in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/home-manager/home.nix or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/home-manager/flake.nix. All operations using this tool expects a sub-command that indicates the operation to perform. It must be one of build Build configuration into a result directory. init [--switch] [dir] Generates an initial home.nix file for the current user. If Nix flakes are enabled, then this command also generates a flake.nix file. If a path dir is given then the configuration will be generated in that directory. Otherwise, the configuration will be generated in ~/.config/home-manager. The output directory will be created if it does not exist. If the --switch option is given, then the generated configuration is activated. Note, this command will not overwrite any existing files. It is therefore safe to initialize a configuration, edit it, and then re-run the init command with --switch enabled to activate the configuration. instantiate Instantiate the configuration and print the resulting derivation. edit Open the home configuration using the editor indicated by EDITOR. expire-generations timestamp Remove generations older than timestamp where timestamp is interpreted as in the -d argument of the date 1 tool. For example -30 days or 2018-01-01. generations List all home environment generations. help Print tool help. news Show news entries in a pager. option option.name Inspect the given option name in the home configuration, like nixos-option 8 . packages List all packages installed in home-manager-path. remove-generations ID … Remove indicated generations. Use the generations sub-command to find suitable generation numbers. switch Build and activate the configuration. uninstall Remove Home Manager from the user environment. This will remove all managed files from the home directory, remove packages installed through Home Manager from the user profile, and remove all Home Manager generations and make them available for immediate garbage collection. The tool accepts the options -A attrPath Optional attribute that selects a configuration expression in the configuration file. That is, if home.nix contains { joe-at-work = {pkgs, ...}: { home.packages = [ pkgs.fortune ]; }; joe-at-home = {pkgs, ...}: { home.packages = [ pkgs.cowsay ]; }; } then the command home-manager switch -A joe-at-work will activate the profile containing the fortune program. -I path Add a path to the Nix expression search path. For example, to build a Home Manager profile using a specific Nixpkgs run home-manager -I nixpkgs=/absolute/path/to/nixpkgs build. By default <nixpkgs> is used. --flake flake-uri[#name] Build Home Manager configuration from the flake, which must contain the output homeConfigurations.name. If no name is specified it will first try username@hostname and then username. -b extension Enable automatic resolution of collisions between unmanaged and managed files. The name of the original file will be suffixed by the given extension. For example, $ home-manager -b bck switch will cause a colliding file ~/.config/foo.conf to be moved to ~/.config/foo.conf.bck. -f path --file path Indicates the path to the Home Manager configuration file. If not given, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/home-manager/home.nix is used. -h --help Prints usage information for the home-manager tool. --version Prints the version number of the home-manager tool. -n --dry-run Perform a dry-run of the given operation, only prints what actions would be taken. --option name value Passed on to nix-build 1 . --cores number Passed on to nix-build 1 . -j number --max-jobs number Passed on to nix-build 1 . --debug Passed on to nix-build 1 . --impure Passed on to nix-build 1 . --keep-failed Passed on to nix-build 1 . --keep-going Passed on to nix-build 1 . -L --print-build-logs Passed on to nix build when building from a flake. --show-trace Passed on to nix-build 1 . --(no-)substitute Passed on to nix-build 1 . --no-out-link Passed on to nix-build 1 when running home-manager build. --refresh Passed on to nix-build 1 -v --verbose Activates verbose output. $XDG_DATA_HOME/home-manager/news-read-ids Identifiers of news items that have been shown. Can be deleted to reset the read news indicator. Please report any bugs on the project issue tracker. home-configuration.nix 5