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== draft for an installation section ==
Looks like the nixos module usage is different from that suggested in the documentation:
https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html#sec-install-nixos-module


=== Installation ===
Why is that?
<!--
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"></syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"></syntaxhighlight>
-->
 
==== Installation via … on a NixOS system ====
 
 
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">sudo $EDITOR /etc/nixos/configuration.nix</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"></syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"></syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix" highlight=1>
    home-manager
</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"></syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
  ];
</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"></syntaxhighlight>
 
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">sudo nixos-rebuild switch</syntaxhighlight>
 
<s>
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">man home-configuration.nix</syntaxhighlight>
</s>
 
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">mkdir ~/.config/nixpkgs/</syntaxhighlight>
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">touch ~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix</syntaxhighlight>
 
<s>
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">$EDITOR ~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix</syntaxhighlight>
 
: <syntaxhighlight lang="console">home-manager switch</syntaxhighlight>
</s>
 
==== Installation via <code>nix-env</code> on a NixOS system ====

Revision as of 03:00, 1 August 2022

Looks like the nixos module usage is different from that suggested in the documentation: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.html#sec-install-nixos-module

Why is that?