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| author | BjornMelgaard <melgaardbjorn@gmail.com> | 2017-11-05 23:24:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net> | 2017-11-06 18:02:15 +0100 |
| commit | fc3e82584bda579739f01b57e5f31adea2bce593 (patch) | |
| tree | b16645a21242b9f39ec0ffcd6af7eb41b46ff341 /README.md | |
| parent | a0afb6ec8ef2d35113feaf4b837db303942ba298 (diff) | |
readme: expand preconditions installation step
Also fix markdown list item numbering.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5b2d88429e9..6cee3bfb894 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: 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`. 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. Assign a temporary variable holding the URL to the appropriate archive. Typically this is @@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: depending on whether you follow Nixpkgs unstable or version 17.09. -2. Create an initial Home Manager configuration file: +3. Create an initial Home Manager configuration file: ```console $ cat > ~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix <<EOF @@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows: EOF ``` -3. Create the first Home Manager generation: +4. Create the first Home Manager generation: ```console $ nix-shell $HM_PATH -A install --run 'home-manager switch' @@ -235,3 +243,5 @@ in your Home Manager configuration. [Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/ [NixOS]: https://nixos.org/ [Nixpkgs]: https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/ +[nixAllowedUsers]: https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#conf-allowed-users +[nixosAllowedUsers]: https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/options.html#opt-nix.allowedUsers |