This page is an overview of language/framework specific builders in Nixpkgs.
pkgs.stdenv)This is the standard build environment, providing amongst others the default C(++) toolchain.
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Hooks augment the stdenv phases (see “The Standard Environment”), e.g. to build with cmake.
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Nixpkgs has various specialised alternatives to mkDerivation, such as buildPythonApplication for python applications, buildRustPackage for rust packages and much more.
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