path: root/doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml

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  <title>Upgrading Nix</title>

  <para>
    Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running
    <command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp; nix-env
    -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo
    launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>.
  </para>

  <para>
    Single-user installations of Nix should run <command>nix-channel
    --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>.
  </para>

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