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3title: Nix Setup
4description: Installing npins, nix, and enabling the binary cache.
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6
7# Nix Setup
8
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11::: warning
12This page is for the purposes for the **Tutorial**.
13You should read [How-to Guides - Install wire](/guides/installation.html) for installing wire for
14regular use.
15:::
16
17## Nix Installation
18
19You should install nix if you do not have it on your system already.
20There are detailed steps to installing Nix on [nix.dev](https://nix.dev/install-nix).
21
22By the end of the installation, you should see something like this:
23
24```sh
25$ nix --version
26nix (Nix) 2.11.0
27```
28
29## Binary Cache
30
31Because wire can be heavy to compile, it is distributed with a [binary
32cache](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Binary_Cache).
33
34You must enable the [garnix binary cache](https://garnix.io/docs/caching) or you
35will be compiling everything from source:
36
37::: code-group
38<<< @/snippets/tutorial/cache.conf [nix.conf]
39<<< @/snippets/tutorial/cache.nix [configuration.nix]
40:::