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</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Using Nix</title>
<para>
To use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In particular,
<literal>PATH</literal> should contain the directories
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/bin</filename> and
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/links/current/bin</filename>.
The first directory contains the Nix tools themselves, while the second
contains to the current <emphasis>user environment</emphasis> (an
automatically generated package consisting of symlinks to installed
packages). The simplest way to set the required environment variables is
to include the file
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/profile.d/nix.sh</filename>
in your <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> (or similar), like this:
</para>
<screen>
. <replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/profile.d/nix.sh</screen>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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