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The impending release of macOS 15 Sequoia will break many existing nix
installs on macOS, which may lead to an increased number of people who
are looking to try to reinstall Nix without noticing the open/pinned
issue (#10892) that explains the problem and outlines how to migrate
existing installs.
These admonitions are a short-term measure until we are over the hump
and support volumes dwindle.
(cherry picked from commit 48477d4a3e)
Co-authored-by: Travis A. Everett <travis.a.everett@gmail.com>
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# Installation
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This section describes how to install and configure Nix for first-time use.
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The current recommended option on Linux and MacOS is [multi-user](#multi-user).
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## Multi-user
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This installation offers better sharing, improved isolation, and more security
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over a single user installation.
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This option requires either:
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* Linux running systemd, with SELinux disabled
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* MacOS
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> **Updating to macOS 15 Sequoia**
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> If you recently updated to macOS 15 Sequoia and are getting
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> ```console
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> error: the user '_nixbld1' in the group 'nixbld' does not exist
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> ```
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> when running Nix commands, refer to GitHub issue [NixOS/nix#10892](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/10892) for instructions to fix your installation without reinstalling.
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```console
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$ bash <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
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```
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## Single-user
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> Single-user is not supported on Mac.
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This installation has less requirements than the multi-user install, however it
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cannot offer equivalent sharing, isolation, or security.
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This option is suitable for systems without systemd.
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```console
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$ bash <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon
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```
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## Distributions
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The Nix community maintains installers for several distributions.
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They can be found in the [`nix-community/nix-installers`](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-installers) repository.
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