diff --git a/content/post/display-progress-in-nix-env.md b/content/post/display-progress-in-nix-env.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..599fb98 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/display-progress-in-nix-env.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +title: "Display Progress in nix-env" +date: 2022-08-24T11:02:38+05:30 +lastmod: 2022-08-24T11:02:38+05:30 +draft: false +keywords: [nix progress] +description: "" +tags: [nix] +categories: [linux] +author: "" + +# You can also close(false) or open(true) something for this content. +# P.S. comment can only be closed +comment: false +toc: false +autoCollapseToc: false +postMetaInFooter: true +hiddenFromHomePage: false +# You can also define another contentCopyright. e.g. contentCopyright: "This is another copyright." +contentCopyright: false +reward: false +mathjax: false +mathjaxEnableSingleDollar: false +mathjaxEnableAutoNumber: false + +# You unlisted posts you might want not want the header or footer to show +hideHeaderAndFooter: false + +# You can enable or disable out-of-date content warning for individual post. +# Comment this out to use the global config. +#enableOutdatedInfoWarning: false + +flowchartDiagrams: + enable: false + options: "" + +sequenceDiagrams: + enable: false + options: "" + +--- +There is a wall of text but how much stuff has happened? + +A lot of stuff scrolls past telling X packages have been built but gives no idea about the progress. Pass `--log-format bar-wth-logs` to `nix-env`. +``` +nix-env --log-format bar-with-logs -iA nixpkgs. +``` + +It will put a nice status in the bottom telling about how much packages have been downloaded and built and how much is left. + +I tried putting the option in the config file but it did not work. I could not find the relevant documentation for it either.