Quicklinks
If you already know the general facts about the xPack NixOS PatchELF, you can directly skip to the desired pages.
User pages:
Developer & maintainer pages:
Overview
The xPack NixOS PatchELF is a cross-platform binary distribution of the NixOS PatchELF project, an open source project hosted on GitHub.
Benefits
The main advantages of using the xPack NixOS PatchELF are:
- a convenient, uniform and portable install/uninstall/upgrade procedure
- a better integration with development environments
- a more convenient integration with CI environment
All binaries are self-contained, they include all required libraries, and can be installed in any location.
Compatibility
The xPack NixOS PatchELF is fully compatible with the original NixOS PatchELF distribution.
Install
The details of installing the xPack NixOS PatchELF on various platforms are presented in the separate install page.
Documentation
The current version specific NixOS PatchELF documentation is available online from:
Support
For the various support options, please read the separate support page.
Change log
The release and change log is available in the repository
CHANGELOG.md file.
Build details
For those interested in building the binaries, please read the
README-MAINTAINER
page.
However, the ultimate source for details are the build scripts themselves,
all available from the
patchelf-xpack.git/scripts
folder.
Releases
See the releases pages.