flox search
command¶
NAME¶
flox-search - search packages in subscribed channels.
SYNOPSIS¶
flox [ <general-options>
] search <name>
[ (-c|--channel)
<channel>
]… [ --refresh ]
DESCRIPTION¶
Search for available packages matching name.
All channels are searched by default, but if provided the
(-c|--channel)
argument can be called multiple times to specify the
channel(s) to be searched.
The cache of available packages is updated hourly, but if required you
can invoke with --refresh
to update the list before searching.
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.)
Search Options¶
[ <name>
]
package name to search for
[ (-c|--channel) <channel>
]…
Specify the channel to be searched. If unspecified searches all
subscribed channels. Can be given multiple times to search in more
channels.
[ --refresh ]
Update the list before searching.
[ --json ]
output the search results in json format
[ -v | --verbose ]
output extended information