diff options
| author | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2018-12-23 10:47:12 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2018-12-23 10:55:30 +0100 |
| commit | 235a6617c46b4267d4f67cde9a93dbef0f12bd3f (patch) | |
| tree | 20b1601af3c611b2f7c811c17c5433d337076966 /README.md | |
| parent | 218a8c4d9010538fc6b3d533b32142bb68f5e874 (diff) | |
readme: add notice that relog may be needed
Also add instructions for non-NixOS users to add the user channel
directory to `NIX_PATH`.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 856eab5edc1..2386829fe51 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: if you follow a Nixpkgs version 18.09 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 + + ```shell + export NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels${NIX_PATH:+:}$NIX_PATH + ``` + + to your shell (see [nix#2033](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2033)). + 3. Install Home Manager and create the first Home Manager generation: ```console |