aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/book/src
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMartin Weinelt2023-05-26 09:33:20 +0000
committerGitHub2023-05-26 09:33:20 +0000
commit61a89956e3baff9d6a3446871d0234f65992827d (patch)
tree7558e6415e76eb0058d2aa6207d13d420eac74af /book/src
parent6e647e83ed9fbeaac648906d2bf53211e3996322 (diff)
book: Mention Helix package in nixpkgs (#7064)
Diffstat (limited to 'book/src')
-rw-r--r--book/src/install.md5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/book/src/install.md b/book/src/install.md
index 2f770b1d..8d80712f 100644
--- a/book/src/install.md
+++ b/book/src/install.md
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ in the AUR, which builds the master branch.
### NixOS
-Helix is available as a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in the project
+Helix is available in [nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs) through the `helix` attribute,
+the unstable channel usually carries the latest release.
+
+Helix is also available as a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in the project
root. Use `nix develop` to spin up a reproducible development shell. Outputs are
cached for each push to master using [Cachix](https://www.cachix.org/). The
flake is configured to automatically make use of this cache assuming the user