nix-env-rollback(1)

nix-env-rollback1

Set user environment to previous generation

Usage

nix-env --rollback

Overview

This operation switches to the “previous” generation of the active profile, that is, the highest numbered generation lower than the current generation, if it exists. It is just a convenience wrapper around --list-generations and --switch-generation.

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Examples

$ nix-env --rollback
switching from generation 92 to 91
$ nix-env --rollback
error: no generation older than the current (91) exists

From nix-bin 2.26.3+dfsg-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.