Installation
-Obtaining Nix
+Obtaining NixThe easiest way to obtain Nix is to download a source
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tar-file of the head revision of the trunk.
-Prerequisites
+PrerequisitesThe following prerequisites only apply when you build
from source. Binary releases (e.g., RPMs) have no
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-Building Nix from source
+Building Nix from sourceAfter unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the
following commands:
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-Installing from RPMs
+Installing from RPMsRPM packages of Nix can be downloaded from http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix.
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-Upgrading Nix through Nix
+Upgrading Nix through NixYou can install the latest stable version of Nix through Nix
itself by subscribing to the channel .
-Permissions
+PermissionsAll Nix operations must be performed under the user ID that owns
the Nix store and database
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ the Nix store and database
respectively). When installed from the RPM packages, these
directories are owned by root.
-Setuid installation
+Setuid installationAs a somewhat ad hoc hack, you can also
install the Nix binaries setuid so that a Nix store can
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-Using Nix
+Using NixTo use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In
particular, PATH should contain the directories