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The essential commands from the NixOS installer as a package

With this package, you get the commands like nixos-generate-config and
nixos-install that you would otherwise only find on a NixOS system, such
as an installer image.

This way, you can install NixOS using a machine that only has Nix.

It also includes the manpages, which are important because the commands
rely on those for providing --help.
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Robert Hensing
2021-05-13 01:29:02 +02:00
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<para>
You'll need <literal>nixos-generate-config</literal> and
<literal>nixos-install</literal> and we'll throw in some man pages and
<literal>nixos-enter</literal> just in case you want to chroot into your
NixOS partition. They are installed by default on NixOS, but you don't have
<literal>nixos-install</literal>, but this also makes some man pages
and <literal>nixos-enter</literal> available, just in case you want to chroot into your
NixOS partition. NixOS installs these by default, but you don't have
NixOS yet..
</para>
<screen><prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -f '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos&gt;' --arg configuration {} -iA config.system.build.{nixos-generate-config,nixos-install,nixos-enter,manual.manpages}</screen>
<screen><prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -f '&lt;nixpkgs>' -iA nixos-install-tools</screen>
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