# Preface

This is a ported version of the **Nix Pills**, a series of blog posts written by **Luca Bruno** (aka Lethalman) and originally published in 2014 and 2015. It provides a tutorial introduction into the Nix package manager and Nixpkgs package collection, in the form of short chapters called \'pills\'.

Since the Nix Pills are considered a classic introduction to Nix, an effort to port them to the current format was led by Graham Christensen (aka grahamc / gchristensen) and other contributors in 2017.

For an up-to-date version, please visit <https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/>. An [EPUB version](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nix-pills.epub) is also available.

If you encounter problems, please report them on the [nixos/nix-pills](https://github.com/NixOS/nix-pills/issues) issue tracker.

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Commands prefixed with `#` have to be run as root, either requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using `sudo` for example.
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