# Installing Nix from Source
If no binary package is available or if you want to hack on Nix, you
can build Nix from its Git repository.
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Title: Installing Nix from Source
Summary
This section describes how to build and install Nix from source code, which is necessary if no pre-built binary package is available or if you want to modify the Nix codebase.