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>
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