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Don't mention Fedora/Debian packages in the installation section

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doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
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@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $ chown alice /nix
</para> </para>
<!--
<para>You can also manually download and install a binary package. <para>You can also manually download and install a binary package.
Binary packages of the latest stable release are available for Fedora, Binary packages of the latest stable release are available for Fedora,
Debian, Ubuntu, Mac OS X and various other systems from the <link Debian, Ubuntu, Mac OS X and various other systems from the <link
@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ $ dpkg -i nix_1.8-1_amd64.deb</screen>
</para> </para>
<para>For other platforms, including Mac OS X and other Linux <para>You can also download a binary tarball that contains Nix and all
distributions, you can download a binary tarball that contains Nix and its dependencies. (This is what the install script at
all its dependencies. (This is what the install script at <uri>https://nixos.org/nix/install</uri> does automatically.) You
<uri>https://nixos.org/nix/install</uri> uses.) You should unpack it should unpack it somewhere (e.g. in <filename>/tmp</filename>), and
somewhere (e.g. in <filename>/tmp</filename>), and then run the script then run the script named <command>install</command> inside the binary
named <command>install</command> inside the binary tarball: tarball:
<screen> <screen>
alice$ cd /tmp alice$ cd /tmp
@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ other auxiliary data, if desired:
<screen> <screen>
$ rm -rf /nix</screen> $ rm -rf /nix</screen>
</para>
-->
<para>You can uninstall Nix simply by running:
<screen>
$ rm -rf /nix
</screen>
</para> </para>
</chapter> </chapter>