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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index 7adf00cb6aa3..0e66b8f0ea2c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -140,16 +140,25 @@ $ ./bootstrap</screen> <para>The installation path can be specified by passing the <option>--prefix=<replaceable>prefix</replaceable></option> to <command>configure</command>. The default installation directory is -<filename>/nix</filename>. You can change this to any location you -like. You must have write permission to the +<filename>/usr/local</filename>. You can change this to any location +you like. You must have write permission to the <replaceable>prefix</replaceable> path.</para> -<warning><para>It is best <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the -installation prefix from its default, since doing so makes it -impossible to use pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs -channels.</para></warning> +<para>Nix keeps its <emphasis>store</emphasis> (the place where +packages are stored) in <filename>/nix/store</filename> by default. +This can be changed using +<option>--with-store-dir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para> -<para>If you want to rebuilt the documentation, pass the full path to +<warning><para>It is best <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the Nix +store from its default, since doing so makes it impossible to use +pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs channels — that is, all +packages will need to be built from source.</para></warning> + +<para>Nix keeps state (such as its database and log files) in +<filename>/nix/var</filename> by default. This can be changed using +<option>--localstatedir=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>.</para> + +<para>If you want to rebuild the documentation, pass the full path to the DocBook RELAX NG schemas and to the DocBook XSL stylesheets using the <option>--with-docbook-rng=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option> @@ -160,27 +169,26 @@ options.</para> </section> -<section><title>Installing from RPMs</title> +<section><title>Installing a binary distribution</title> -<para>RPM packages of Nix can be downloaded from <link -xlink:href="http://nixos.org/" />. These RPMs should work for most -fairly recent releases of SuSE and Red Hat Linux. They have been -known to work work on SuSE Linux 8.1 and 9.0, and Red Hat 9.0. In -fact, it should work on any RPM-based Linux distribution based on -<literal>glibc</literal> 2.3 or later.</para> +<para>RPM and Deb packages of Nix for a number of different versions +of Fedora, openSUSE, Debian and Ubuntu can be downloaded from <link +xlink:href="http://nixos.org/" />. Once downloaded, the RPMs can be +installed or upgraded using <command>rpm -U</command>. For example, + +<screen> +$ rpm -U nix-0.13pre18104-1.i386.rpm</screen> -<para>Once downloaded, the RPMs can be installed or upgraded using -<command>rpm -U</command>. For example, +Likewise, for a Deb package: <screen> -$ rpm -U nix-0.5pre664-1.i386.rpm</screen> +$ dpkg -i nix_0.13pre18104-1_amd64.deb</screen> </para> -<para>The RPMs install into the directory <filename>/nix</filename>. -Nix can be uninstalled using <command>rpm -e nix</command>. After -this it will be necessary to manually remove the Nix store and other -auxiliary data: +<para>Nix can be uninstalled using <command>rpm -e nix</command> or +<command>dpkg -r nix</command>. After this you should manually remove +the Nix store and other auxiliary data, if desired: <screen> $ rm -rf /nix/store @@ -191,6 +199,7 @@ $ rm -rf /nix/var</screen> </section> +<!-- TODO: should be updated <section><title>Upgrading Nix through Nix</title> <para>You can install the latest stable version of Nix through Nix @@ -203,6 +212,7 @@ installation</link> by clicking on the package links at <link xlink:href="http://nixos.org/releases/full-index-nix.html" />.</para> </section> +--> <section><title>Security</title> |