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Clarify uninstallation steps on Linux

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@ -88,25 +88,28 @@ extension. The installer will also create `/etc/profile.d/nix.sh`.
### Linux
To begin, if you are on Linux with systemd, remove the Nix daemon service:
If you are on Linux with systemd:
```console
sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```
1. Remove the Nix daemon service:
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
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
```
1. Remove systemd service files:
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
sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
```
1. The installer script uses systemd-tmpfiles to create the socket directory.
You may also want to remove the configuration for that:
```console
sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
```
Remove files created by Nix: