# Setting up a nix-env that can compile C libraries

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/setting-up-a-nix-env-that-can-compile-c-libraries/15833
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**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/setting-up-a-nix-env-that-can-compile-c-libraries/15833 "2021-11-02T03:29:20Z")
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### Author: ![573](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/573/32/2640_2.png) [@573](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/573)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/setting-up-a-nix-env-that-can-compile-c-libraries/15833/2 "2021-11-02T11:23:03Z")

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Did you consider trying [that option](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/get-clangd-to-find-standard-headers-in-nix-shell/11268) ?

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