tldr/pages/common/nix-build.md

# nix-build

> Build a Nix expression.
> More information: <https://nixos.org/releases/nix/latest/manual#sec-nix-build>.

- Build a Nix expression:

`nix-build --attr {{expression_name}}`

- Build a sandboxed Nix expression (on non-NixOS):

`nix-build --attr {{expression_name}} --option sandbox true`
nix-build: add page 2019-10-29 13:53:38 -07:00			`# nix-build`

			`> Build a Nix expression.`
			`> More information: <https://nixos.org/releases/nix/latest/manual#sec-nix-build>.`

			`- Build a Nix expression:`

			`nix-build --attr {{expression_name}}`

*: fix typos reported by Hunspell (#5848) Co-authored-by: marchersimon <50295997+marchersimon@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Seth Falco <seth@falco.fun> Co-authored-by: Patrice Denis <patricedenis@users.noreply.github.com> 2021-05-20 16:13:41 -04:00			`- Build a sandboxed Nix expression (on non-NixOS):`
nix-build: add page 2019-10-29 13:53:38 -07:00
			`nix-build --attr {{expression_name}} --option sandbox true`