docs: drop shell prompt character for consistency

In addition to consistency, the fancy "Copy to clipboard" button on the
website will copy the prompt character. Retaining the prompt character
would mean having to edit each command after pasting in the terminal.
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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