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flox create command

NAME

flox-create - Create an environment

SYNOPSIS

flox [ <general-options> ] create [ <options> ]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new empty environment

Environments are also automatically created with any of

flox (install|import|edit)

OPTIONS

General Options

Many flox commands wrap Nix commands of the same name, and will correspondingly pass on options and arguments directly to the underlying nix invocation. For more information on the options supported by specific Nix commands please invoke flox nix <command> help.

The following options are used specifically by flox and must be specified before the <command> argument.

-v, --verbose
Verbose mode. Invoke multiple times for increasing detail.

--debug
Debug mode. Invoke multiple times for increasing detail.

-V, --version
Print flox version.

--prefix
Print flox installation prefix / Nix store path. (flox internal use only.)

--bash-passthru
Force execution in flox-bash (flox internal use only.)

Development Options

The following options are supported by all Development Commands:

[(-A|--attr) <package>]
Selects package (aka “attrPath”) to be used. If not provided flox will prompt for you to select from the list of known packages.

[--stability <stability>]
Selects the set of nixpkgs to be used as a basis