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home-manager: Add home-manager search path to EXTRA_NIX_PATH #3241

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10 changes: 0 additions & 10 deletions docs/installation.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 22.11 channel you can run
$ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-22.11.tar.gz home-manager
$ nix-channel --update
----
+
On non-NixOS, you may have to add
+
[source,bash]
export NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels:/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels${NIX_PATH:+:$NIX_PATH}
+
to your shell (see https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2033[nix#2033]
and
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/where-is-nix-path-supposed-to-be-set/16434/8[this
reply on the Nix Discourse]).

3. Run the Home Manager installation command and create the first Home
Manager generation:
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7 changes: 3 additions & 4 deletions home-manager/home-manager
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function setHomeManagerNixPath() {
"${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nixpkgs/home-manager" \
"$HOME/.nixpkgs/home-manager" ; do
if [[ -e "$path" || "$path" =~ ^https?:// ]] ; then
export NIX_PATH="home-manager=$path${NIX_PATH:+:}$NIX_PATH"
EXTRA_NIX_PATH+=("home-manager=$path")
return
fi
done
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exit 1
fi
setConfigFile
setHomeManagerNixPath

local extraArgs=("$@")

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exit 1
fi
setConfigFile
setHomeManagerNixPath

local extraArgs=()

Expand All @@ -192,7 +190,6 @@ function doInstantiate() {

function doBuildAttr() {
setConfigFile
setHomeManagerNixPath

local extraArgs=("$@")

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COMMAND_ARGS=()
FLAKE_ARG=""

setHomeManagerNixPath

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
opt="$1"
shift
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