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Sergei Trofimovich 33fa5f3cd9 doc/manual/local.mk: fix 'make install DESTDIR=...' Install failure is observed when we try to install into inplace location as non-root: ``` $ LANG=C make install DESTDIR=$PWD/__i__ V=1 RUST_LOG=warn mdbook build doc/manual -d /usr/share/doc/nix/manual 2021-08-28 13:29:58 [ERROR] (mdbook::utils): Error: Rendering failed 2021-08-28 13:29:58 [ERROR] (mdbook::utils): Caused By: Unexpected error when constructing destination path 2021-08-28 13:29:58 [ERROR] (mdbook::utils): Caused By: Permission denied (os error 13) make: *** [doc/manual/local.mk:98: /usr/share/doc/nix/manual/index.html] Error 101 ``` The change is to prefix paths with `$(DESTDIR)`.		2021-08-28 13:31:34 +01:00
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boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff	boehmgc: Remove unused code from patch	2021-06-25 17:45:48 +02:00
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flake.nix	nlohmann_json: Update to 3.9.1, fix use of internal copy	2021-07-15 12:25:53 +02:00
local.mk	Remove 'dist' target	2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
Makefile	nlohmann_json: Update to 3.9.1, fix use of internal copy	2021-07-15 12:25:53 +02:00
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precompiled-headers.h	Config: Use nlohmann/json	2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
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README.md

Nix

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.