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: The easiest way to install Nix is to run the following command:
```console ```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 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: To explicitly select a single-user installation on your system:
```console ```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` This will perform a single-user installation of Nix, meaning that `/nix`
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manually create `/nix` first as root, e.g.: manually create `/nix` first as root, e.g.:
```console ```console
$ mkdir /nix mkdir /nix
$ chown alice /nix chown alice /nix
``` ```
The install script will modify the first writable file from amongst The install script will modify the first writable file from amongst
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You can uninstall Nix simply by running: You can uninstall Nix simply by running:
```console ```console
$ rm -rf /nix rm -rf /nix
``` ```
# Multi User Installation # Multi User Installation
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your system: your system:
```console ```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 The multi-user installation of Nix will create build users between the
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installation script: installation script:
```console ```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 In the same directory of the install script are sha256 sums, and gpg
@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ it somewhere (e.g. in `/tmp`), and then run the script named `install`
inside the binary tarball: inside the binary tarball:
```console ```console
$ cd /tmp cd /tmp
$ tar xfj nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2 tar xfj nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2
$ cd nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin cd nix-1.8-x86_64-darwin
$ ./install ./install
``` ```
If you need to edit the multi-user installation script to use different If you need to edit the multi-user installation script to use different