diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index 093ac745f..9d8035129 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Installation -
Obtaining Nix +
Obtaining Nix The easiest way to obtain Nix is to download a source @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tar-file of the head revision of the trunk.
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Prerequisites +
Prerequisites The following prerequisites only apply when you build from source. Binary releases (e.g., RPMs) have no @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ locations. Note that Berkeley DB must be version
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Building Nix from source +
Building Nix from source After unpacking or checking out the Nix sources, issue the following commands: @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ options.
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Installing from RPMs +
Installing from RPMs RPM packages of Nix can be downloaded from http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix. @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ $ rm -rf /nix/var
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Upgrading Nix through Nix +
Upgrading Nix through Nix You can install the latest stable version of Nix through Nix itself by subscribing to the channel .
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Permissions +
Permissions All 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 installation As a somewhat ad hoc hack, you can also install the Nix binaries setuid so that a Nix store can @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ simply owned by the Nix user.
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Using Nix +
Using Nix To use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In particular, PATH should contain the directories