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| author | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2020-05-16 18:09:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2020-05-16 19:17:13 +0200 |
| commit | 9ec9f004e1e5b390cdb4a6949bc852d468b30f48 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a72cc7c81a3d75bfa4c17df5ed1423371ee4e48 /README.md | |
| parent | 0fe984d575b2d0b65cd5e639eb1ccaab21d0862d (diff) | |
home-manager: use `nix-env` to list generations
Using the `nix-env` command is far more robust. It also has the
benefit that if the per-user `profiles` and `gcroots` directories do
not exist then they will be created with the correct permissions.
Because of the second point this commit also removes the `mkdir` step
of the installation instructions.
PR #1239
Closes #474, #948, #1091
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 21 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ee41290847c..905bd09ea94 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -46,21 +46,12 @@ Installation Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: -1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation. If you are not - using NixOS then you may here have to run - - ```console - $ mkdir -m 0755 -p /nix/var/nix/{profiles,gcroots}/per-user/$USER - ``` - - since Home Manager uses these directories to manage your profile - generations. On NixOS these should already be available. - - 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` 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 +1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation. Specifically, 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` 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. |