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Linus Heckemann 2017-09-25 13:14:51 +01:00 committed by Robert Helgesson
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@ -62,16 +62,11 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows:
depending on whether you are tracking Nixpkgs unstable or version
17.03.
3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it
to the `packageOverrides` section in your
`~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file:
3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by symlinking the
overlay to `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays`:
```nix
{
packageOverrides = pkgs: rec {
home-manager = import ./home-manager { inherit pkgs; };
};
}
```console
$ ln -s ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager/overlay.nix ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/home-manager.nix
```
4. Install the `home-manager` package:

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modules/programs/home-manager.nix
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if nix-env -q | grep -q '^home-manager$' ; then
$DRY_RUN_CMD nix-env -e home-manager
echo "You can now remove the 'home-manager' entry in"
echo "'~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix', if you want."
echo "You can now remove the 'home-manager' packageOverride"
echo "or overlay in '~/.config/nixpkgs/', if you want."
fi
'';
};

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self: super: {
home-manager = import ./home-manager { pkgs = super; };
}