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| author | bobfp <bcoop713@gmail.com> | 2020-12-18 19:29:32 -0500 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2020-12-21 00:28:14 +0100 |
| commit | 2b1892e646f2e48591c53b3293622720e1a3bdca (patch) | |
| tree | 70e8fa6c5285fa1fc65a2b9a37c4710ebaead523 /README.md | |
| parent | a1162e04b3c1b9cdc8a10e3cfcbe6dcf5dcd002f (diff) | |
docs: make nix-channel choice more clear
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 164d2a05e657..afb49f202b75 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -63,22 +63,21 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: Note that Nix 2.4 (`nixUnstable`) is not yet supported. -2. Add the appropriate Home Manager channel. Typically this is +2. Add the appropriate Home Manager channel. If you are following + Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel you can run ```console $ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager $ nix-channel --update ``` - if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and + and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel you can run ```console $ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz home-manager $ nix-channel --update ``` - if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel. - On NixOS you may need to log out and back in for the channel to become available. On non-NixOS you may have to add |