display progress in nix-env

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+title: "Display Progress in nix-env"
+date: 2022-08-24T11:02:38+05:30
+lastmod: 2022-08-24T11:02:38+05:30
+draft: false 
+keywords: [nix progress]
+description: ""
+tags: [nix]
+categories: [linux]
+author: ""
+
+# You can also close(false) or open(true) something for this content.
+# P.S. comment can only be closed
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+toc: false
+autoCollapseToc: false
+postMetaInFooter: true 
+hiddenFromHomePage: false
+# You can also define another contentCopyright. e.g. contentCopyright: "This is another copyright."
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+reward: false
+mathjax: false
+mathjaxEnableSingleDollar: false
+mathjaxEnableAutoNumber: false
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+# You unlisted posts you might want not want the header or footer to show
+hideHeaderAndFooter: false
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+# You can enable or disable out-of-date content warning for individual post.
+# Comment this out to use the global config.
+#enableOutdatedInfoWarning: false
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+flowchartDiagrams:
+  enable: false
+  options: ""
+
+sequenceDiagrams: 
+  enable: false
+  options: ""
+
+---
+There is a wall of text but how much stuff has happened?
+<!--more-->
+A lot of stuff scrolls past telling X packages have been built but gives no idea about the progress. Pass `--log-format bar-wth-logs` to `nix-env`.
+```
+nix-env --log-format bar-with-logs -iA nixpkgs.<package>
+```
+
+It will put a nice status in the bottom telling about how much packages have been downloaded and built and how much is left.
+
+I tried putting the option in the config file but it did not work. I could not find the relevant documentation for it either.