Documentation: Standalone Installation Note

Added a note to the standalone installation instructions, which
recommends adding -I ~/.nix-defexpr/channels to the nix-shell
command if home-manager cannot be found.
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Once finished, Home Manager should be active and available in your Once finished, Home Manager should be active and available in your
user environment. user environment.
::: {.note}
If you are having issues here related to home-manager not being found and added the channel as a user earlier, try running
``` shell
$ nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install -I ~/.nix-defexpr/channels
```
instead. This tells nix-shell to search the correct path.
:::
4. If you do not plan on having Home Manager manage your shell 4. If you do not plan on having Home Manager manage your shell
configuration then you must source the configuration then you must source the