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# nix develop

> Run a bash shell that provides the build environment of a derivation.
> More information: <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-develop.html>.

- Start a shell with all dependencies of a package from nixpkgs available:

`nix develop {{nixpkgs#pkg}}`

- Start a development shell for the default package in a flake in the current directory:

`nix develop`

- In that shell, configure and build the sources:

`configurePhase; buildPhase`
