---
name: "nix-store-load-db"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nix-bin"
version: "2.26.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nix-store-load-db"
---

# nix-store-load-db(1)

import Nix database

## Name

`nix-store --load-db` - import Nix database

## Synopsis

`nix-store` `--load-db`

## Description

The operation `--load-db` reads a dump of the Nix database created by `--dump-db` from standard input and loads it into the Nix database.

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