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| author | Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org> | 2017-09-25 13:14:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2017-09-27 13:27:40 +0200 |
| commit | 34428fc7090744481e2328ddfda466596e875775 (patch) | |
| tree | 21aeb3a32a9b5fceb90d3df794a4866d3a085e95 /README.md | |
| parent | 393274d142d1729682cbd420bcbccb2329f639b4 (diff) | |
Add overlay and instructions for using it
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7ad6136654f..32960e91a6f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -62,16 +62,11 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: depending on whether you are tracking Nixpkgs unstable or version 17.03. -3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it - to the `packageOverrides` section in your - `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file: - - ```nix - { - packageOverrides = pkgs: rec { - home-manager = import ./home-manager { inherit pkgs; }; - }; - } +3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by symlinking the + overlay to `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays`: + + ```console + $ ln -s ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager/overlay.nix ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/home-manager.nix ``` 4. Install the `home-manager` package: |