Nix Installation Guide: Difference between revisions

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=== nix-user-chroot ===

[https://github.com/~~lethalman~~/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] is the preferred method to install use nix on systems without <code>/nix</code>. It also requires user namespaces to be enabled on the system.

[https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] is the preferred method to install use nix on systems without <code>/nix</code>. It also requires user namespaces to be enabled on the system.

<code>nix-user-chroot</code> will create an environment in which you can bind mount an directory to <code>/nix</code>.

The mountpoint will be only visible within this environment.

~~<code>nix-user-chroot</code> can be built the following way. (Note: This assumes a C compiler, <code>make</code> and <code>git</code>~~are ~~installed.)~~

There are [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot/releases pre-build static binaries]

and the readme also contains the instructions to build from [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot#build-from-source source] (assuming rustc and cargo to be installed).

~~<syntaxHighlight lang="console">~~

~~$ git clone~~ https://github.com/~~lethalman/nix-user-chroot.git~~

~~$ cd~~ nix-~~user-chroot~~

~~$ make~~

</~~syntaxHighlight>~~

~~The last step creates an executable called <code>~~nix-user-chroot</~~code>.~~

~~<code>nix~~-~~user-chroot</code> can now be used to install Nix.~~

~~This method will~~ also ~~require~~ to ~~deactivate the~~ build ~~sandbox of nix, since~~

~~creating a nested sandbox is not supported~~:

~~<syntaxHighlight lang="console">~~

~~$ cat ~~~/.~~config~~/nix/nix.~~conf~~

~~sandbox = false~~

~~</syntaxHighlight>~~

In this example, the Nix store will be installed to <code>~/.nix</code>.

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$ mkdir -m 0755 ~/.nix

$ ~~./nix-user-chroot/~~nix-user-chroot ~/.nix bash

$ nix-user-chroot ~/.nix bash

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 === nix-user-chroot ===
-[https://github.com/lethalman/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] is the preferred method to install use nix on systems without <code>/nix</code>. It also requires user namespaces to be enabled on the system.
+[https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot nix-user-chroot] is the preferred method to install use nix on systems without <code>/nix</code>. It also requires user namespaces to be enabled on the system.
 <code>nix-user-chroot</code> will create an environment in which you can bind mount an directory to <code>/nix</code>.
 The mountpoint will be only visible within this environment.
-<code>nix-user-chroot</code> can be built the following way. (Note: This assumes a C compiler, <code>make</code> and <code>git</code>are installed.)
+There are [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot/releases pre-build static binaries]
+and the readme also contains the instructions to build from [https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot#build-from-source source] (assuming rustc and cargo to be installed).
-<syntaxHighlight lang="console">
-$ git clone https://github.com/lethalman/nix-user-chroot.git
-$ cd nix-user-chroot
-$ make
-</syntaxHighlight>
-The last step creates an executable called <code>nix-user-chroot</code>.
-<code>nix-user-chroot</code> can now be used to install Nix.
-This method will also require to deactivate the build sandbox of nix, since
-creating a nested sandbox is not supported:
-<syntaxHighlight lang="console">
-$ cat ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
-sandbox = false
-</syntaxHighlight>
 In this example, the Nix store will be installed to <code>~/.nix</code>.
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 <syntaxHighlight lang="console">
 $ mkdir -m 0755 ~/.nix
-$ ./nix-user-chroot/nix-user-chroot ~/.nix bash
+$ nix-user-chroot ~/.nix bash
 </syntaxHighlight>