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Explain how to use /my/sources with nix-env, not just nixos-rebuild

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Ivan Kozik 2013-08-11 07:42:03 +00:00
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@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ $ nixos-rebuild switch -I <replaceable>/my/sources</replaceable>
</para> </para>
<para><command>nixos-rebuild</command> affects only the system profile.
To install packages to your user profile from expressions in
<replaceable>/my/sources</replaceable>, use
<command>nix-env -f <replaceable>/my/sources</replaceable>/nixpkgs</command>,
or change the default by replacing the symlink in
<filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename>:
<screen>
$ rm -f ~/.nix-defexpr/channels
$ ln -s <replaceable>/my/sources</replaceable>/nixpkgs ~/.nix-defexpr/nixpkgs
</screen>
</para>
<para>You should not pass the base directory
<filename><replaceable>/my/sources</replaceable></filename>
to <command>nix-env</command>, as it will break after interpreting expressions
in <filename>nixos/</filename> as packages.</para>
</section> </section>