tldr/pages/common/nix-develop.md

# nix develop

> Run a Bash shell that provides the build environment of a derivation.
> More information: <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop.html>.

- Start a shell with all dependencies of a package from nixpkgs available:

`nix develop {{nixpkgs#pkg}}`

- Start a development shell for the default package in a flake in the current directory:

`nix develop`

- In that shell, configure and build the sources:

`configurePhase; buildPhase`
Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands (#9959) * Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands Updates the documentation on the new unstable Nix command & subcommands, and adds a separate page for the Classic Nix commands. --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: axtloss <axtlos@getcryst.al> Co-authored-by: CleanMachine1 <78213164+CleanMachine1@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-04-26 12:45:00 +04:00			`# nix develop`

$, pipes.sh, nix3-develop: titlecase Bash (#14215) 2024-10-15 13:48:02 +02:00			`> Run a Bash shell that provides the build environment of a derivation.`
Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands (#9959) * Nix: update and add documentation for nix subcommands Updates the documentation on the new unstable Nix command & subcommands, and adds a separate page for the Classic Nix commands. --------- Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: axtloss <axtlos@getcryst.al> Co-authored-by: CleanMachine1 <78213164+CleanMachine1@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-04-26 12:45:00 +04:00			`> More information: <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop.html>.`

			`- Start a shell with all dependencies of a package from nixpkgs available:`

			`nix develop {{nixpkgs#pkg}}`

			`- Start a development shell for the default package in a flake in the current directory:`

			`nix develop`

			`- In that shell, configure and build the sources:`

			`configurePhase; buildPhase`