Clarify uninstallation steps on Linux

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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Liu Xiaoyi 2022-11-26 22:01:51 +08:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -88,25 +88,28 @@ extension. The installer will also create `/etc/profile.d/nix.sh`.
### Linux ### Linux
To begin, if you are on Linux with systemd, remove the Nix daemon service: If you are on Linux with systemd:
```console 1. Remove the Nix daemon service:
sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```
Then you can remove systemd service files: ```console
sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```
```console 1. Remove systemd service files:
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
```
Also, the installer script uses systemd-tmpfiles (if presents) to create the socket directory. You may also want to remove the configuration for that: ```console
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
```
```console 1. The installer script uses systemd-tmpfiles to create the socket directory.
sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf You may also want to remove the configuration for that:
```
```console
sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
```
Remove files created by Nix: Remove files created by Nix: