picnoir/Nix
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests 1 Releases Wiki Activity

move manifest information to the bottom of the page

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Valentin Gagarin 2023-04-26 15:37:23 +02:00
parent be7c236565
commit da0dbf36cb
2 changed files with 20 additions and 20 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

2
doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/default-nix-expression.md
View file

@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ For example, if the default expression contains two files, `foo.nix` and `bar.ni
}
```
The file `manifest.nix` is always ignored.
The file [`manifest.nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/files/user-profiles.md#manifest.nix) is always ignored.
The command [`nix-channel`] places a symlink to the user's current [channels profile](@docroot@/command-ref/files/channels.md) in this directory.
This makes all subscribed channels available as attributes in the default expression.

38
doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profiles.md
View file

@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 107 Jan 1 1970 us.zoom.Zoom.desktop -> /nix/store/wbhg2
…
```
## User profile link
A symbolic link to the user's current profile:
- `~/.nix-profile`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
By default, this symlink points to:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default, unless you enable [`use-xdg-base-directories`].
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories
## Manifest
The manifest file records the provenance of the packages that are installed in this version of the profile.
@ -225,22 +244,3 @@ has the following fields:
* `active`: Whether the profile contains symlinks to the files of this
package. If set to false, the package is kept in the Nix store, but
is not "visible" in the profile's symlink tree.
## User profile link
A symbolic link to the user's current profile:
- `~/.nix-profile`
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`.
By default, this symlink points to:
- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/profile` for regular users
- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root`
The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user.
The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default, unless you enable [`use-xdg-base-directories`].
[`nix-env`]: @docroot@/command-ref/nix-env.md
[`nix profile`]: @docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md
[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories