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doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profiles.md
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@ -7,31 +7,6 @@ A directory that contains links to user profiles managed by [`nix-env`] and [`ni
A profile is a directory of symlinks to files in the Nix store.
### Profile compatibility
> **Warning**
>
> `nix profile` is experimental.
> Once you have used `nix profile` you can no longer use `nix-env` without first deleting `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile`
Once you installed a package with `nix profile`, you get the following error message when using `nix-env`:
```console
$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA 'hello'
error: --- Error ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nix-env
profile '/home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
```
To migrate back to `nix-env` you can delete your current profile:
> **Warning**
>
> This will delete packages that have been installed before, so you may want to back up this information before running the command.
```console
$ rm -rf "${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile"
```
### Filesystem layout
Profiles are versioned as follows. When using a profile named *path*, *path* is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*`-link`, where *N* is the version of the profile.

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# Files
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#include "doc/files/user-profiles.md"
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### Profile compatibility
> **Warning**
>
> Once you have used [`nix profile`] you can no longer use [`nix-env`] without first deleting `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile`
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
Once you installed a package with [`nix profile`], you get the following error message when using [`nix-env`]:
```console
$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA 'hello'
error: nix-env
profile '/home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
```
To migrate back to `nix-env` you can delete your current profile:
> **Warning**
>
> This will delete packages that have been installed before, so you may want to back up this information before running the command.
```console
$ rm -rf "${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile"
```
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