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5# All you need is Nix
6
7Since you will be installing packages from the [nixpkgs repository](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs),
8the only requirement is to have the `nix` command on your system.
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10If you are running on a [NixOS System](https://nixos.org/download/) you are all set.
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12Otherwise you can install it on any Linux, MacOS, Windows-WSL2. We recommend either the [Lix](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix-installer) or [Determinate](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer) nix installers.
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14## Running `nix-versions` directly.
15
16Just run this command and skip all of this section.
17
18```shell
19nix run github:vic/nix-versions
20```
21
22::: note Enabling Nix Flakes and the Modern Nix command.
23 If this is your first time using nix, it's possible that you might need to enable:
24 `--extra-experimental-features 'flakes nix-command'`
25 at the command line or [enable those features at your nix.conf file](https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-05-25-flakes/#trying-out-flakes)
26 :::
27
28## Installing on your system.
29
30If you want to avoid typing `nix run` everytime, you might consider
31installing `nix-versions` on your profile.
32
33```shell
34nix profile install github:vic/nix-versions
35nix-versions --help
36```
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