Check version of already installed nix binary

Open
#149 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, devops

Research direction

Read the installation script and locate where an already installed nix binary is detected and invoked. Determine the version boundary that causes installation problems, then verify that an outdated version produces a clear update prompt instead of a non-verbose failure.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

The installed version of nix can be very old and cause non-verbose issues during installation. We should figure out, which version could cause issues and prompt the user to update nix on their machine. Otherwise, it would seem like it's the install script that is failing.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
10
Forks
2
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

More from runtimeverification/kup

All issues in runtimeverification/kup

Similar issues

More Python issues

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.