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Crashes when there are leftovers from a previous installation #56

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opened 2025-09-09 11:47:18 +00:00 by nightuser · 0 comments
nightuser commented 2025-09-09 11:47:18 +00:00
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Error: 
   0: Planner error
   1: Error executing action
   2: Action `create_users_and_group` errored
   3: Action `create_user` errored
   4: User `_nixbld5` existed but had a different uid (305) than planned (355)

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version 0.17.1
os macos
arch aarch64

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I had Nix installed a few years ago. When trying to install Lix, the installer crashes due to the residual user accounts/groups.

## Error ``` Error: 0: Planner error 1: Error executing action 2: Action `create_users_and_group` errored 3: Action `create_user` errored 4: User `_nixbld5` existed but had a different uid (305) than planned (355) ``` ## Metadata |key|value| |--|--| |**version**|0.17.1| |**os**|macos| |**arch**|aarch64| ## Further info I had Nix installed a few years ago. When trying to install Lix, the installer crashes due to the residual user accounts/groups.
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