Author: sandervanderburg Date: Thu Oct 13 11:34:02 2011 New Revision: 29818 URL: https://nixos.org/websvn/nix/?rev=29818&sc=1
Log: Also explain that we must configure the NixOS location on regular Linux distros Modified: disnix/disnixos/trunk/doc/manual/installation.xml Modified: disnix/disnixos/trunk/doc/manual/installation.xml ============================================================================== --- disnix/disnixos/trunk/doc/manual/installation.xml Thu Oct 13 11:28:05 2011 (r29817) +++ disnix/disnixos/trunk/doc/manual/installation.xml Thu Oct 13 11:34:02 2011 (r29818) @@ -127,7 +127,27 @@ </para> <para> - Moreover, you need a system capable of running + DisnixOS also needs to know where to find the NixOS source code, provided by the + <code>NIX_PATH</code> environment variable. On other Linux systems, this environment variable must + point to the path where the NixOS source is stored. + This variable can be configured by adding the following lines to your + <filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> configuration (or another configuration + file, if you use a different shell): + </para> + +<screen> +$ cat >> ~/.bash_profile <<EOF +# Begin NixOS addition + +NIX_PATH="$NIX_PATH:nixos=/path/to/nixos" +export NIX_PATH + +# End NixOS addition +EOF +</screen> + + <para> + Moreover, for efficiency you need a system capable of running <link xlink:href="http://www.linux-kvm.org">KVM</link>, check your host Linux distribution for more instructions. </para> _______________________________________________ nix-commits mailing list nix-comm...@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-commits