Nix Installation Guide: Revision history

24 July 2025

• curprev 18:1718:17, 24 July 2025 Hans4687 talk contribs 14,890 bytes −52 Removed the test changes for solving the problem
• curprev 18:1518:15, 24 July 2025 Hans4687 talk contribs 14,942 bytes +2,456 Added more configuration and troubleshooting for Debian
• curprev 18:1018:10, 24 July 2025 Hans4687 talk contribs 12,486 bytes +35 Test friendly url
• curprev 17:5917:59, 24 July 2025 Hans4687 talk contribs 12,451 bytes +16 Temperoraly change for wiki problem

9 July 2024

• curprev 21:0721:07, 9 July 2024 Msgilligan talk contribs m 12,435 bytes +1 Add missing `[`
• curprev 21:0621:06, 9 July 2024 Msgilligan talk contribs m 12,434 bytes +13 Add period and "To Install:" Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• curprev 21:0421:04, 9 July 2024 Msgilligan talk contribs 12,421 bytes +1,030 Add "Installing on Debian Using APT" section Tag: Visual edit: Switched

24 April 2024

• curprev 21:1821:18, 24 April 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 11,391 bytes +40 Category:nix Category:Cookbook

6 April 2024

• curprev 08:3108:31, 6 April 2024 Claes talk contribs 11,351 bytes +8 Link to Nix and NixOS Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 08:2708:27, 6 April 2024 Claes talk contribs 11,343 bytes +97 Clarify installation of Nix Tag: Visual edit

26 October 2022

• curprev 06:0006:00, 26 October 2022 imported>Mic92 11,246 bytes −20 also stable nix has flakes

24 October 2022

• curprev 05:1805:18, 24 October 2022 imported>V3vAP 11,266 bytes +26 No edit summary
• curprev 05:1105:11, 24 October 2022 imported>V3vAP 11,240 bytes +481 No edit summary
• curprev 03:4303:43, 24 October 2022 imported>V3vAP 10,759 bytes +847 No edit summary

6 July 2022

• curprev 14:2214:22, 6 July 2022 imported>Mschwaig 9,912 bytes +286 added a clarifying header that refers back to more official documentation

3 June 2022

• curprev 13:2113:21, 3 June 2022 imported>MForster m 9,626 bytes −1 Fixed typo

31 January 2022

• curprev 09:2109:21, 31 January 2022 imported>Drupol m 9,627 bytes +222 Add Fish shell installation tips.

2 January 2022

• curprev 18:1718:17, 2 January 2022 imported>Klaymore 9,405 bytes +10 Added note that you can reboot after installation instead of sourcing the profile

4 November 2021

• curprev 06:5506:55, 4 November 2021 imported>Doronbehar 9,395 bytes −838 Remove now uneeded NFS patch with sqlite-wal

7 December 2020

• curprev 05:5505:55, 7 December 2020 imported>DavHau 10,233 bytes +4 No edit summary

13 August 2020

• curprev 13:3113:31, 13 August 2020 imported>Drewrisinger m 10,229 bytes −2 Fix WSL Install Link
• curprev 13:3013:30, 13 August 2020 imported>Drewrisinger 10,231 bytes +1,729 Instructions on Installing Nix on WSL

5 August 2020

• curprev 17:0917:09, 5 August 2020 imported>HaoZeke 8,502 bytes +2 Updated the filename.

10 July 2020

• curprev 06:2606:26, 10 July 2020 imported>Ktosiek 8,500 bytes +9 Adding -L to curl, like on https://nixos.org/download.html

22 June 2020

• curprev 16:1716:17, 22 June 2020 imported>Mickours m 8,491 bytes +2 No edit summary
• curprev 16:1216:12, 22 June 2020 imported>Mickours 8,489 bytes +346 Add source command to make nix available

17 December 2019

• curprev 01:4001:40, 17 December 2019 imported>Jorsn 8,143 bytes +8 update proot section: current static builds and "no such file or directory" errors

13 October 2019

• curprev 00:3200:32, 13 October 2019 imported>Jorsn 8,135 bytes +44 Section Proot: added hint about "file does not exist"-error and proot-termux

4 July 2019

• curprev 11:4311:43, 4 July 2019 imported>Symphorien 8,091 bytes +173 →NFS: use an override to install a patched nix so that the patch is picked when updating
• curprev 11:3111:31, 4 July 2019 imported>Symphorien 7,918 bytes −311 →WSL: the sqlite locking mode patch is also needed on WSL

28 May 2019

• curprev 10:4310:43, 28 May 2019 imported>Symphorien 8,229 bytes +361 →Nix store on an unusual filesystem: disable sqlite wal on WSL
• curprev 10:3010:30, 28 May 2019 imported>Symphorien 7,868 bytes +578 →Single-user install: explain what to do if the installtion fails because of user namespaces.

1 May 2019

• curprev 17:0517:05, 1 May 2019 imported>Symphorien m 7,290 bytes +2 →Case insensitive filesystem on Linux: fix typo
• curprev 16:0616:06, 1 May 2019 imported>Symphorien 7,288 bytes +1,939 Nix store on CIFS and NFS
• curprev 14:1314:13, 1 May 2019 imported>Symphorien 5,349 bytes +1,091 →PRoot: explain how to build a recent version oneself.

11 February 2019

• curprev 11:5311:53, 11 February 2019 imported>Mic92 4,258 bytes −44 simplify installation
• curprev 09:1609:16, 11 February 2019 imported>Mic92 4,302 bytes −385 switch to rust version of nix-user-chroot
• curprev 09:1209:12, 11 February 2019 imported>Mic92 4,687 bytes +61 improve check if userns is available.

19 November 2018

• curprev 14:0714:07, 19 November 2018 imported>Mic92 4,626 bytes +2 No edit summary
• curprev 14:0614:06, 19 November 2018 imported>Mic92 4,624 bytes +218 nix-user-chroot + sandbox don't compose
• curprev 14:0314:03, 19 November 2018 imported>Mic92 4,406 bytes +117 nix 2.0 variant is useless unless nix is already installed.

6 November 2018

• curprev 00:1100:11, 6 November 2018 imported>Colemickens m 4,289 bytes +7 modify instruction to work out of box in 18.10

25 October 2018

• curprev 09:0409:04, 25 October 2018 imported>Mickours m 4,282 bytes −1 Use GID instead of USER because this group may not exists

8 October 2018

• curprev 09:1109:11, 8 October 2018 imported>Mickours 4,283 bytes +8 Fix Proot command

15 August 2018

• curprev 20:5720:57, 15 August 2018 imported>Lheckemann 4,275 bytes +158 →nix 2.0's native method

24 April 2018

• curprev 15:4715:47, 24 April 2018 imported>Mic92 4,117 bytes +502 nix --store awesomeness

6 April 2018

• curprev 07:0107:01, 6 April 2018 imported>Tomberek 3,615 bytes +133 No edit summary

10 February 2018

• curprev 17:3117:31, 10 February 2018 imported>Waldyrious m 3,482 bytes +165 minor adjustments to punctuation, formatting and capitalization

6 October 2017

• curprev 21:0121:01, 6 October 2017 imported>Ixxie m 3,317 bytes 0 Ixxie moved page Installing Nix to Nix Installation Guide
• curprev 20:4320:43, 6 October 2017 imported>Ixxie 3,317 bytes −1 No edit summary