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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml index f520522dbef8..a89ac9336070 100644 --- a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml +++ b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ file).</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Subscribe to the Nix Packages channel. <screen> -$ nix-channel --add http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels-v3/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> +$ nix-channel --add \ + http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels-v3/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> </para></listitem> @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ available remotely.</para></listitem> available in the channel: <screen> -$ nix-env -qa +$ nix-env -qa ’*’ <lineannotation>(mind the quotes!)</lineannotation> docbook-xml-4.2 firefox-1.0pre-PR-0.10.1 hello-2.1.1 @@ -109,13 +110,15 @@ to get rid of unused packages, since uninstalls or upgrades don't actually delete them: <screen> -$ nix-env --delete-generations old -$ nix-store --gc</screen> +$ nix-collect-garbage -d</screen> +<!-- The first command deletes old “generations” of your profile (making rollbacks impossible, but also making the components in those old generations available for garbage collection), while the second -command actually deletes them.</para></listitem> +command actually deletes them.--> + +</para></listitem> </orderedlist> |