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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml index f9ee98c726d2..e9a09cba7030 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $ chown alice /nix </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 @@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ $ dpkg -i nix_1.8-1_amd64.deb</screen> </para> -<para>For other platforms, including Mac OS X 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: +<para>You can also 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> does automatically.) 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 @@ -78,5 +79,14 @@ other auxiliary data, if desired: $ rm -rf /nix</screen> </para> +--> + +<para>You can uninstall Nix simply by running: + +<screen> +$ rm -rf /nix +</screen> + +</para> </chapter> |