Merge pull request #7392 from edolstra/revert-7251

Revert "docs: drop shell prompt character for consistency"
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The easiest way to install Nix is to run the following command:
```console
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
$ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
```
This will run the installer interactively (causing it to explain what
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To explicitly select a single-user installation on your system:
```console
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon
$ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon
```
This will perform a single-user installation of Nix, meaning that `/nix`
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manually create `/nix` first as root, e.g.:
```console
mkdir /nix
chown alice /nix
$ mkdir /nix
$ chown alice /nix
```
The install script will modify the first writable file from amongst
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You can uninstall Nix simply by running:
```console
rm -rf /nix
$ rm -rf /nix
```
# Multi User Installation
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your system:
```console
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
$ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
```
The multi-user installation of Nix will create build users between the
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installation script:
```console
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
$ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
```
In the same directory of the install script are sha256 sums, and gpg
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inside the binary tarball:
```console
cd /tmp
tar xfj nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2
cd nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin
./install
$ cd /tmp
$ tar xfj nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2
$ cd nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin
$ ./install
```
If you need to edit the multi-user installation script to use different