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nixos-rebuild

Reconfigure a NixOS machine. tldr-pages

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Linux

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Build and switch to the new configuration, making it the boot default

sudo nixos-rebuild switchIdentify

Build and switch to the new configuration, making it the boot default and naming the boot entry

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --profile-name nameIdentify

Build and switch to the new configuration, making it the boot default and installing updates

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgradeIdentify

Roll back changes to the configuration, switching to the previous generation

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --rollbackIdentify

Build the new configuration and make it the boot default without switching to it

sudo nixos-rebuild bootIdentify

Build and activate the new configuration, but don't make a boot entry (for testing purposes)

sudo nixos-rebuild testIdentify

Build the configuration and open it in a virtual machine

sudo nixos-rebuild build-vmIdentify

List available generations similar to the boot loader menu

nixos-rebuild list-generationsIdentify