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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 671cdab6f8..f6476e0d81 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -40511,16 +40511,31 @@ After @command{guix system reconfigure} configure Nix for your user: @itemize @item Add a Nix channel and update it. See -@url{https://nixos.org/nix/manual/, Nix Package Manager Guide}. +@url{https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_channels, Nix channels} for more +information about the available channels. If you would like to use the +unstable Nix channel you can do this by running: + +@example +$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable +$ nix-channel --update +@end example + +@item Create your Nix profile directory: + +@example +$ sudo mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER +$ sudo chown $USER:root /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER +@end example @item Create a symlink to your profile and activate Nix profile: -@end itemize @example $ ln -s "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile" ~/.nix-profile $ source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh @end example +@end itemize + @end defvar @deftp {Data Type} nix-configuration |