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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a5f9ac844e09 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id="ch-installing-binary"> + +<title>Installing a Binary Distribution</title> + +<para>The easiest way to install Nix is to run the following command: + +<screen> +$ bash <(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install) +</screen> + +This will perform a single-user installation of Nix, meaning that +<filename>/nix</filename> is owned by the invoking user. You should +run this under your usual user account, <emphasis>not</emphasis> as +root. The script will invoke <command>sudo</command> to create +<filename>/nix</filename> if it doesn’t already exist. If you don’t +have <command>sudo</command>, you should manually create +<command>/nix</command> first as root: + +<screen> +$ mkdir /nix +$ chown alice /nix +</screen> + +</para> + +<para>You can also manually download and install a binary package. +Binary packages of the latest stable release are available for Fedora, +Debian, Ubuntu, Mac OS X and various other systems from the <link +xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nix/download.html">Nix homepage</link>. +You can also get builds of the latest development release from our +<link +xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/release/latest-finished#tabs-constituents">continuous +build system</link>.</para> + +<para>For Fedora, RPM packages are available. These can be installed +or upgraded using <command>rpm -U</command>. For example, + +<screen> +$ rpm -U nix-1.7-1.i386.rpm</screen> + +</para> + +<para>For Debian and Ubuntu, you can download a Deb package and +install it like this: + +<screen> +$ dpkg -i nix_1.7-1_amd64.deb</screen> + +</para> + +<para>For other platforms, including Mac OS X (Darwin), FreeBSD and +other Linux distributions, you can download a binary tarball that +contains Nix and all its dependencies. (This is what the install +script at <uri>https://nixos.org/nix/install</uri> uses.) You should +unpack it somewhere (e.g. in <filename>/tmp</filename>), and then run +the script named <command>install</command> inside the binary tarball: + +<screen> +alice$ cd /tmp +alice$ tar xfj nix-1.7-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2 +alice$ cd nix-1.7-x86_64-darwin +alice$ ./install +</screen> + +</para> + +<para>Nix can be uninstalled using <command>rpm -e nix</command> or +<command>dpkg -r nix</command> on RPM- and Dpkg-based systems, +respectively. After this you should manually remove the Nix store and +other auxiliary data, if desired: + +<screen> +$ rm -rf /nix</screen> + +</para> + +</chapter> \ No newline at end of file |