From 3dd14224b9201dfbeca5d77f3aeb2e252c7615ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VzxPLnHqr <VzxPLnHqr@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 20:20:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: try liana quickly from source for nix/nixos users

---
 doc/TRY.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/TRY.md b/doc/TRY.md
index dc2f43fc..eab96519 100644
--- a/doc/TRY.md
+++ b/doc/TRY.md
@@ -193,3 +193,12 @@ You can simulate multiple wallets by using different data directories. For insta
 ./liana-gui --datadir test_charlie
  ```
 The directory will be created if it doesn't exist.
+
+### Building from source with `nix develop`
+
+If you have [nix](https://nixos.org) (the package manager) installed, you can easily
+build from source as follows:
+1. `git clone https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana.git && cd liana`
+2. `nix develop` which will put you into a development shell with all dependencies available
+3. `cargo build --release` which will build `lianad`, `liana-cli`, and `liana-gui`.
+4. `target/release/liana-gui --datadir test_alice` will load up the gui and create/use `./test_alice` as the data directory for liana.