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== Installing without root permissions == | == Installing without root permissions == | ||
By using | By using [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] or [https://github.com/proot-me/PRoot PRoot], you can use Nix on systems where you have no permission to create the `/nix` directory. | ||
you can use Nix on systems where you have no permission to create the `/nix` directory. | nix-user-chroot is the preferred option. However, it might not run on older Linux kernels, or kernels without user namespace support. | ||
However, it might not run on older Linux kernels, or kernels without user namespace support. | |||
With the following command, you can test whether your system supports user namespaces | With the following command, you can test whether your system supports user namespaces | ||
for unprivileged users: | for unprivileged users: | ||