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NAME

flox-init - initialize a Flox environment

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

Create a new empty environment in the current directory or on FloxHub. The name of the environment will be the basename of the current directory or default if the current directory is $HOME. The --name flag can be used to name a specific environment. By default, the environment will be created in the current directory. Flox will add a directory $PWD/.flox containing all relevant environment metadata. Flox stores a random identifier in the env_id field of .flox/env.json to group metrics from commands that use the same local environment. The field is committed with the rest of .flox so the identifier stays with the environment when it is cloned. Flox always creates the identifier, but submits it only when metrics collection is enabled. Environments created by older Flox versions store the identifier in a separate .flox/telemetry_id file instead, which is still honored. The --dir flag can be used to create an environment in another location. If an environment already exists in the current directory, or the path specified using --dir exists, an error is returned. init will try to detect languages being used in the containing directory, and it will prompt with suggestions for packages or activation scripts to be added to the environment. These suggestions can be taken without prompting by passing --auto-setup. The suggestions can be accepted but then edited using flox edit. Currently, suggestions are made for Python and Node.js. With --reference Flox will create a FloxHub environment which can subsequently be used by other commands using the --reference flag. When creating FloxHub environments Flox will not run any setup hooks based on the current directory.

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OPTIONS

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Common Init Options

--bare
Set up the environment with the emptiest possible manifest.

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Options to initialize a local environment

-n <name>, --name <name>
What to name the new environment (default: current directory). -d <path>, --dir <path>
Directory to create the environment in (default: current directory). --auto-setup
Apply Flox recommendations for the environment based on what languages are being used in the containing directory. --no-auto-setup
Don’t auto-detect language support for a project or make suggestions.

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Options to initialize an environment on FloxHub

-r <owner>/<name>, --reference <owner>/<name>
The environment reference for the FloxHub Environment to be created. User needs write access to <owner>, and an environment with the same <name> must not already exist.

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General Options

-h, --help
Prints help information. The following options can be passed when running any flox subcommand but must be specified before the subcommand. -v, --verbose
Increase logging verbosity. Invoke multiple times for increasing detail. -q, --quiet
Silence logs except for errors.

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SEE ALSO

flox-activate, flox-install