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title: Contributing and Debugging
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Everything needed to build and debug Hyprland is included inside the provided
`devShell`.
Everything needed to build and debug Hyprland and other hyprwm programs is
included inside the provided `devShell`s.
To use it in the cloned repo, simply run `nix develop`.
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A debug build is already provided through
`hyprland.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.hyprland-debug`.
Most hyprwm apps also provide their own `-debug` versions. For those that don't,
one can build the debug version from the CLI by using
[overrideAttrs](../Options-Overrides/#using-nix-repl) with
`cmakeBuildType = "debug";`.
## Bisecting an issue
Follow the

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```
Then you can run Hyprland from the built path.
You can also use `overrideAttrs` to override `mkDerivation`'s arguments, such as
`cmakeBuildType`:
```nix
$ nix repl
nix-repl> :lf git+https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland?submodules=1
nix-repl> :bl outputs.packages.x86_64-linux.hyprland.overrideAttrs (self: super: { cmakeBuildType = "debug" })
```

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For other NixOS options, see [Hyprland on NixOS](./Hyprland-on-NixOS).
## Home-manager module
## Home Manager module
Read [Hyprland on Home Manager](./Hyprland-on-Home-Manager).