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Delete all nix packages installed manually with nix-env command
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nix-purge.sh
# to save the list of packages installed, manually run:
# mkdir ~/tmp
# nix-env --query > ~/tmp/installedManually.list
# nix-env --uninstall ~/tmp/installedManually.list
# and then `cat` the file (~/tmp/installedManually.list) to see what to declare into your configuration.nix .
# if you want to remove without knowing what packages are currently installed, run the following command.
nix-env --uninstall `nix-env --query`
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