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| author | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2018-09-15 13:27:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2018-12-06 00:57:49 +0100 |
| commit | 6e67bb7ae611ee37bd94638f90a3f001467a7ba3 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b49d0f63c1fcf23f5bcc35c05938bad19bf41a7 /README.md | |
| parent | d67835260dbdbc0fc3fc735871ec26a2421ac1b2 (diff) | |
doc: add installation instructions to manual
Also minor cleanups in README.
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 65fd09382db..a599ce3c2ef 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: Also make sure that your user is able to build and install Nix packages. For example, you should be able to successfully run a - command like `nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A hello`. For a - multi-user install of Nix this means that your user must be - covered by the [`allowed-users`][nixAllowedUsers] Nix option. On - NixOS you can control this option using the + command like `nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A hello` without having + to switch to the root user. For a multi-user install of Nix this + means that your user must be covered by the + [`allowed-users`][nixAllowedUsers] Nix option. On NixOS you can + control this option using the [`nix.allowedUsers`][nixosAllowedUsers] system option. 2. Add the appropriate Home Manager channel. Typically this is @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: configuration then you must source the ``` - "$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh" + $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh ``` file in your shell configuration. Unfortunately, we currently only |