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Shao Cheng 446649e540
Update "Upgrading Nix" documentation
This PR proposes two changes to the "Upgrading Nix" documentation:

* Besides updating `nixpkgs.nix`, we also update `nixpkgs.cacert`, so that the certificates are up-to-date as well.
* Add the instructions for multi-user mode on Linux.
2020-05-09 15:59:39 +02:00

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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="ch-upgrading-nix">
<title>Upgrading Nix</title>
<para>
Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running:
<command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp;
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix &amp;&amp;
launchctl remove org.nixos.nix-daemon &amp;&amp;
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist'</command>
</para>
<para>
Single-user installations of Nix should run this:
<command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert</command>
</para>
<para>
Multi-user Nix users on Linux should run this with sudo:
<command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert; systemctl daemon-reload; systemctl restart nix-daemon</command>
</para>
</chapter>