Upgrading NixOS to Unstable Channel

Cyrus Yip
Jan 12, 2023 (Modified: Jan 12, 2023)

As an Arch Linux user, I am used to using the lastest packages. Thus, I upgrade my NixOS to unstable channel.

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# switch channel
sudo nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade
# show version
nixos-version

References:

Upgrading NixOS - NixOS manual
https://channels.nixos.org/