Nix Dependencies

Check out a package in a Nix Shell:

nix-shell -p subversion graphviz

Runtime dependencies

Print its runtime dependencies (closure):

nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn)

Print the build-time dependencies of svn:

derivation = $(nix-store --query --valid-derivers $(which svn))

nix-store --query --requisites $derivation

Plot a graph with Graphviz:

nix-store --query --graph $(which svn) | dot -Tpdf > graph.pdf