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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index a136d3b1129e..4c433a6bf769 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -69,27 +69,26 @@ $ dpkg -i nix_1.0-1_amd64.deb</screen> <para>For other platforms, including Mac OS X (Darwin), FreeBSD and other Linux distributions, you can download a binary tarball. It -contains Nix and all its dependencies. You should unpack it in the -root directory, then run <command>nix-finish-install</command>: +contains Nix and all its dependencies. 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> -$ cd / -$ tar xfj nix-1.1-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2 -$ nix-finish-install +alice$ cd /tmp +alice$ tar xfj nix-1.1-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2 +alice$ cd nix-1.1-x86_64-darwin +alice$ ./install </screen> -After this you can delete -<filename>/usr/bin/nix-finish-install</filename>.</para> - -<para>If you plan to use Nix from a single non-root user account, it’s -probably convenient to change the ownership of the entire Nix store -and database to that user account. In that case, install as follows: +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> -alice$ cd / -alice$ sudo tar xfj nix-1.1-x86_64-darwin.tar.bz2 -alice$ sudo chown -R alice /nix -alice$ nix-finish-install +$ mkdir /nix +$ chown alice /nix </screen> </para> |