refer to nix.dev for installation instructions

there are currently multiple places with installation instructions that
all have to be updated when a change to any of them is accepted.

this reduces the number of places by one, and directs beginners to the
maintained and curated resource for Nix learning materials.
This commit is contained in:
Valentin Gagarin 2023-09-21 02:53:11 +02:00
parent d40e91440d
commit 8e25450ff4

View file

@ -7,16 +7,11 @@ Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes pa
management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual)
for more details.
## Installation
## Installation and first steps
On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command
(as a user other than root):
Visit [nix.dev](https://nix.dev) for installation instructions and beginner tutorials.
```console
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
```
Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download page](https://nixos.org/download.html).
Full reference documentation can be found in the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual).
## Building And Developing