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| author | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2017-05-17 23:14:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2017-05-17 23:15:48 +0200 |
| commit | dfb5bbddf571f0035a1a4559d4ad939b0491da0b (patch) | |
| tree | 5f4b36c6998bf51af9a70c28a877786550095c39 /README.md | |
| parent | f60a1ed689c45a1220eac2fe23e1fb7a9ab33a1d (diff) | |
Expand installation instructions slightly
In particular, mention that non-NixOS users may have to create the
per-user `profiles` and `gcroots` directories.
Also reformat the list a little.
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b339cde338b..1c5be43539e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,15 +36,23 @@ Installation Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: - 1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation. +1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation. If you are not + using NixOS then you may here have to run - 2. Clone the Home Manager repository into the `~/.nixpkgs` directory: + ``` + $ 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. + +2. Clone the Home Manager repository into the `~/.nixpkgs` directory: ``` $ git clone https://github.com/rycee/home-manager ~/.nixpkgs/home-manager ``` - 3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it +3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it to the `packageOverrides` section in your `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix` file: @@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: } ``` - 4. Install the `home-manager` package: +4. Install the `home-manager` package: ``` $ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA home-manager |