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diff --git a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml index d2431151f360..bc43dea6184d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml +++ b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ to the following chapters.</para> <orderedlist> -<listitem><para>Download a source tarball, RPM or Deb from <link -xlink:href='http://nixos.org/'/>. Build source distributions using -the regular sequence: +<listitem><para>Download a source tarball or RPM or Debian/Ubuntu +package from <link xlink:href='http://nixos.org/'/>. Build source +distributions using the regular sequence: <screen> $ tar xvfj nix-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2 @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ file).</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Subscribe to the Nix Packages channel. <screen> -$ nix-channel --add \ - http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> +$ nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> </para></listitem> @@ -108,10 +107,10 @@ numbers).</para></listitem> <listitem><para>You can also install specific packages directly from your web browser. For instance, you can go to <link -xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk/channel/latest" /> -and click on any link for the individual packages for your platform. -Associate <literal>application/nix-package</literal> with the program -<filename>/nix/bin/nix-install-package</filename>. A window should +xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk/channel/latest" +/> and click on any link for the individual packages for your +platform. Associate <literal>application/nix-package</literal> with +the program <command>nix-install-package</command>. A window should appear asking you whether it’s okay to install the package. Say <literal>Y</literal>. The package and all its dependencies will be installed.</para></listitem> |