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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Sourced from:
+# - https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/blob/8c29d0985d74b4a990238497c47a2542a5616b3c/bootstrap.sh
+# - https://gist.github.com/expipiplus1/e571ce88c608a1e83547c918591b149f/ac504c6c1b96e65505fbda437a28ce563408ecb0
+# - https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-org-configurations/blob/a122f418797713d519aadf02e677fce0dc1cb446/delft/scripts/nix-mac-installer.sh
+# - https://github.com/matthewbauer/macNixOS/blob/f6045394f9153edea417be90c216788e754feaba/install-macNixOS.sh
+# - https://gist.github.com/LnL7/9717bd6cdcb30b086fd7f2093e5f8494/86b26f852ce563e973acd30f796a9a416248c34a
+#
+# however tracking which bits came from which would be impossible.
+
+readonly ESC='\033[0m'
+readonly BOLD='\033[1m'
+readonly BLUE='\033[34m'
+readonly BLUE_UL='\033[4;34m'
+readonly GREEN='\033[32m'
+readonly GREEN_UL='\033[4;32m'
+readonly RED='\033[31m'
+
+# installer allows overriding build user count to speed up installation
+# as creating each user takes non-trivial amount of time on macos
+readonly NIX_USER_COUNT=${NIX_USER_COUNT:-32}
+readonly NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID="30000"
+readonly NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME="nixbld"
+readonly NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID="30001"
+# Please don't change this. We don't support it, because the
+# default shell profile that comes with Nix doesn't support it.
+readonly NIX_ROOT="/nix"
+readonly NIX_EXTRA_CONF=${NIX_EXTRA_CONF:-}
+
+readonly PROFILE_TARGETS=("/etc/bashrc" "/etc/profile.d/nix.sh" "/etc/zshrc")
+readonly PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX=".backup-before-nix"
+readonly PROFILE_NIX_FILE="$NIX_ROOT/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh"
+
+readonly NIX_INSTALLED_NIX="/nix/store/j8dbv5w6jl34caywh2ygdy88knx1mdf7-nix-2.3.6"
+readonly NIX_INSTALLED_CACERT="/nix/store/7dxhzymvy330i28ii676fl1pqwcahv2f-nss-cacert-3.49.2"
+readonly EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH="$(dirname "$0")"
+
+readonly ROOT_HOME=$(echo ~root)
+
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+    readonly IS_HEADLESS='no'
+else
+    readonly IS_HEADLESS='yes'
+fi
+
+headless() {
+    if [ "$IS_HEADLESS" = "yes" ]; then
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+contactme() {
+    echo "We'd love to help if you need it."
+    echo ""
+    echo "If you can, open an issue at https://github.com/nixos/nix/issues"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Or feel free to contact the team,"
+    echo " - on IRC #nixos on irc.freenode.net"
+    echo " - on twitter @nixos_org"
+}
+
+uninstall_directions() {
+    subheader "Uninstalling nix:"
+    local step=0
+
+    step=$((step + 1))
+
+    for profile_target in "${PROFILE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
+        if [ -e "$profile_target" ] && [ -e "$profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX" ]; then
+            step=$((step + 1))
+            cat <<EOF
+$step. Restore $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX back to $profile_target
+
+  sudo mv $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX $profile_target
+
+(after this one, you may need to re-open any terminals that were
+opened while it existed.)
+
+EOF
+        fi
+    done
+
+    step=$((step + 1))
+    cat <<EOF
+$step. Delete the files Nix added to your system:
+
+  sudo rm -rf /etc/nix $NIX_ROOT $ROOT_HOME/.nix-profile $ROOT_HOME/.nix-defexpr $ROOT_HOME/.nix-channels $HOME/.nix-profile $HOME/.nix-defexpr $HOME/.nix-channels
+
+and that is it.
+
+EOF
+
+}
+
+nix_user_for_core() {
+    printf "nixbld%d" "$1"
+}
+
+nix_uid_for_core() {
+    echo $((NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID + $1 - 1))
+}
+
+_textout() {
+    echo -en "$1"
+    shift
+    if [ "$*" = "" ]; then
+        cat
+    else
+        echo "$@"
+    fi
+    echo -en "$ESC"
+}
+
+header() {
+    follow="---------------------------------------------------------"
+    header=$(echo "---- $* $follow$follow$follow" | head -c 80)
+    echo ""
+    _textout "$BLUE" "$header"
+}
+
+warningheader() {
+    follow="---------------------------------------------------------"
+    header=$(echo "---- $* $follow$follow$follow" | head -c 80)
+    echo ""
+    _textout "$RED" "$header"
+}
+
+subheader() {
+    echo ""
+    _textout "$BLUE_UL" "$*"
+}
+
+row() {
+    printf "$BOLD%s$ESC:\\t%s\\n" "$1" "$2"
+}
+
+task() {
+    echo ""
+    ok "~~> $1"
+}
+
+bold() {
+    echo "$BOLD$*$ESC"
+}
+
+ok() {
+    _textout "$GREEN" "$@"
+}
+
+warning() {
+    warningheader "warning!"
+    cat
+    echo ""
+}
+
+failure() {
+    header "oh no!"
+    _textout "$RED" "$@"
+    echo ""
+    _textout "$RED" "$(contactme)"
+    trap finish_cleanup EXIT
+    exit 1
+}
+
+ui_confirm() {
+    _textout "$GREEN$GREEN_UL" "$1"
+
+    if headless; then
+        echo "No TTY, assuming you would say yes :)"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    local prompt="[y/n] "
+    echo -n "$prompt"
+    while read -r y; do
+        if [ "$y" = "y" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            return 0
+        elif [ "$y" = "n" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            return 1
+        else
+            _textout "$RED" "Sorry, I didn't understand. I can only understand answers of y or n"
+            echo -n "$prompt"
+        fi
+    done
+    echo ""
+    return 1
+}
+
+__sudo() {
+    local expl="$1"
+    local cmd="$2"
+    shift
+    header "sudo execution"
+
+    echo "I am executing:"
+    echo ""
+    printf "    $ sudo %s\\n" "$cmd"
+    echo ""
+    echo "$expl"
+    echo ""
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+_sudo() {
+    local expl="$1"
+    shift
+    if ! headless; then
+        __sudo "$expl" "$*"
+    fi
+    sudo "$@"
+}
+
+
+readonly SCRATCH=$(mktemp -d -t tmp.XXXXXXXXXX)
+function finish_cleanup {
+    rm -rf "$SCRATCH"
+}
+
+function finish_fail {
+    finish_cleanup
+
+    failure <<EOF
+Jeeze, something went wrong. If you can take all the output and open
+an issue, we'd love to fix the problem so nobody else has this issue.
+
+:(
+EOF
+}
+trap finish_fail EXIT
+
+channel_update_failed=0
+function finish_success {
+    finish_cleanup
+
+    ok "Alright! We're done!"
+    if [ "x$channel_update_failed" = x1 ]; then
+        echo ""
+        echo "But fetching the nixpkgs channel failed. (Are you offline?)"
+        echo "To try again later, run \"sudo -i nix-channel --update nixpkgs\"."
+    fi
+    cat <<EOF
+
+Before Nix will work in your existing shells, you'll need to close
+them and open them again. Other than that, you should be ready to go.
+
+Try it! Open a new terminal, and type:
+
+  $ sudo nix-daemon
+  $ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
+
+Additionally, you may want to add nix-daemon to your init-system.
+
+Thank you for using this installer. If you have any feedback, don't
+hesitate:
+
+$(contactme)
+EOF
+}
+
+
+validate_starting_assumptions() {
+    poly_validate_assumptions
+
+    if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+        failure <<EOF
+Please do not run this script with root privileges. We will call sudo
+when we need to.
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    if type nix-env 2> /dev/null >&2; then
+        failure <<EOF
+Nix already appears to be installed, and this tool assumes it is
+_not_ yet installed.
+
+$(uninstall_directions)
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${NIX_REMOTE:-}" != "" ]; then
+        failure <<EOF
+For some reason, \$NIX_REMOTE is set. It really should not be set
+before this installer runs, and it hints that Nix is currently
+installed. Please delete the old Nix installation and start again.
+
+Note: You might need to close your shell window and open a new shell
+to clear the variable.
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    if echo "${SSL_CERT_FILE:-}" | grep -qE "(nix/var/nix|nix-profile)"; then
+        failure <<EOF
+It looks like \$SSL_CERT_FILE is set to a path that used to be part of
+the old Nix installation. Please unset that variable and try again:
+
+  $ unset SSL_CERT_FILE
+
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    for file in ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login ~/.profile ~/.zshenv ~/.zprofile ~/.zshrc ~/.zlogin; do
+        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+            if grep -l "^[^#].*.nix-profile" "$file"; then
+                failure <<EOF
+I found a reference to a ".nix-profile" in $file.
+This has a high chance of breaking a new nix installation. It was most
+likely put there by a previous Nix installer.
+
+Please remove this reference and try running this again. You should
+also look for similar references in:
+
+ - ~/.bash_profile
+ - ~/.bash_login
+ - ~/.profile
+
+or other shell init files that you may have.
+
+$(uninstall_directions)
+EOF
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -d /nix/store ] || [ -d /nix/var ]; then
+        failure <<EOF
+There are some relics of a previous installation of Nix at /nix, and
+this scripts assumes Nix is _not_ yet installed. Please delete the old
+Nix installation and start again.
+
+$(uninstall_directions)
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    if [ -d /etc/nix ]; then
+        failure <<EOF
+There are some relics of a previous installation of Nix at /etc/nix, and
+this scripts assumes Nix is _not_ yet installed. Please delete the old
+Nix installation and start again.
+
+$(uninstall_directions)
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    for profile_target in "${PROFILE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
+        if [ -e "$profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX" ]; then
+        failure <<EOF
+When this script runs, it backs up the current $profile_target to
+$profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. This backup file already exists, though.
+
+Please follow these instructions to clean up the old backup file:
+
+1. Copy $profile_target and $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX to another place, just
+in case.
+
+2. Take care to make sure that $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX doesn't look like
+it has anything nix-related in it. If it does, something is probably
+quite wrong. Please open an issue or get in touch immediately.
+
+3. Take care to make sure that $profile_target doesn't look like it has
+anything nix-related in it. If it does, and $profile_target _did not_,
+run:
+
+  $ /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mv $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX $profile_target
+
+and try again.
+EOF
+        fi
+
+        if [ -e "$profile_target" ] && grep -qi "nix" "$profile_target"; then
+            failure <<EOF
+It looks like $profile_target already has some Nix configuration in
+there. There should be no reason to run this again. If you're having
+trouble, please open an issue.
+EOF
+        fi
+    done
+
+    danger_paths=("$ROOT_HOME/.nix-defexpr" "$ROOT_HOME/.nix-channels" "$ROOT_HOME/.nix-profile")
+    for danger_path in "${danger_paths[@]}"; do
+        if _sudo "making sure that $danger_path doesn't exist" \
+           test -e "$danger_path"; then
+            failure <<EOF
+I found a file at $danger_path, which is a relic of a previous
+installation. You must first delete this file before continuing.
+
+$(uninstall_directions)
+EOF
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+setup_report() {
+    header "Nix config report"
+    row "        Temp Dir" "$SCRATCH"
+    row "        Nix Root" "$NIX_ROOT"
+    row "     Build Users" "$NIX_USER_COUNT"
+    row "  Build Group ID" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID"
+    row "Build Group Name" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME"
+    if [ "${ALLOW_PREEXISTING_INSTALLATION:-}" != "" ]; then
+        row "Preexisting Install" "Allowed"
+    fi
+
+    subheader "build users:"
+
+    row "    Username" "UID"
+    for i in $(seq 1 "$NIX_USER_COUNT"); do
+        row "     $(nix_user_for_core "$i")" "$(nix_uid_for_core "$i")"
+    done
+    echo ""
+}
+
+create_build_group() {
+    local primary_group_id
+
+    task "Setting up the build group $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME"
+    if ! poly_group_exists "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME"; then
+        poly_create_build_group
+        row "            Created" "Yes"
+    else
+        primary_group_id=$(poly_group_id_get "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME")
+        if [ "$primary_group_id" -ne "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID" ]; then
+            failure <<EOF
+It seems the build group $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME already exists, but
+with the UID $primary_group_id. This script can't really handle
+that right now, so I'm going to give up.
+
+You can fix this by editing this script and changing the
+NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID variable near the top to from $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID
+to $primary_group_id and re-run.
+EOF
+        else
+            row "            Exists" "Yes"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+create_build_user_for_core() {
+    local coreid
+    local username
+    local uid
+
+    coreid="$1"
+    username=$(nix_user_for_core "$coreid")
+    uid=$(nix_uid_for_core "$coreid")
+
+    task "Setting up the build user $username"
+
+    if ! poly_user_exists "$username"; then
+        poly_create_build_user "$username" "$uid" "$coreid"
+        row "           Created" "Yes"
+    else
+        actual_uid=$(poly_user_id_get "$username")
+        if [ "$actual_uid" != "$uid" ]; then
+            failure <<EOF
+It seems the build user $username already exists, but with the UID
+with the UID '$actual_uid'. This script can't really handle that right
+now, so I'm going to give up.
+
+If you already created the users and you know they start from
+$actual_uid and go up from there, you can edit this script and change
+NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID near the top of the file to $actual_uid and try
+again.
+EOF
+        else
+            row "            Exists" "Yes"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(poly_user_hidden_get "$username")" = "1" ]; then
+        row "            Hidden" "Yes"
+    else
+        poly_user_hidden_set "$username"
+        row "            Hidden" "Yes"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(poly_user_home_get "$username")" = "/var/empty" ]; then
+        row "    Home Directory" "/var/empty"
+    else
+        poly_user_home_set "$username" "/var/empty"
+        row "    Home Directory" "/var/empty"
+    fi
+
+    # We use grep instead of an equality check because it is difficult
+    # to extract _just_ the user's note, instead it is prefixed with
+    # some plist junk. This was causing the user note to always be set,
+    # even if there was no reason for it.
+    if ! poly_user_note_get "$username" | grep -q "Nix build user $coreid"; then
+        row "              Note" "Nix build user $coreid"
+    else
+        poly_user_note_set "$username" "Nix build user $coreid"
+        row "              Note" "Nix build user $coreid"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(poly_user_shell_get "$username")" = "/sbin/nologin" ]; then
+        row "   Logins Disabled" "Yes"
+    else
+        poly_user_shell_set "$username" "/sbin/nologin"
+        row "   Logins Disabled" "Yes"
+    fi
+
+    if poly_user_in_group_check "$username" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME"; then
+        row "  Member of $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" "Yes"
+    else
+        poly_user_in_group_set "$username" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME"
+        row "  Member of $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" "Yes"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$(poly_user_primary_group_get "$username")" = "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID" ]; then
+        row "    PrimaryGroupID" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID"
+    else
+        poly_user_primary_group_set "$username" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID"
+        row "    PrimaryGroupID" "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID"
+    fi
+}
+
+create_build_users() {
+    for i in $(seq 1 "$NIX_USER_COUNT"); do
+        create_build_user_for_core "$i"
+    done
+}
+
+create_directories() {
+    # FIXME: remove all of this because it duplicates LocalStore::LocalStore().
+
+    _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 1)" \
+          mkdir -pv -m 0755 /nix /nix/var /nix/var/log /nix/var/log/nix /nix/var/log/nix/drvs /nix/var/nix{,/db,/gcroots,/profiles,/temproots,/userpool} /nix/var/nix/{gcroots,profiles}/per-user
+
+    _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 2)" \
+          mkdir -pv -m 1775 /nix/store
+
+    _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 3)" \
+          chgrp "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" /nix/store
+
+    _sudo "to place the default nix daemon configuration (part 1)" \
+          mkdir -pv -m 0555 /etc/nix
+}
+
+place_channel_configuration() {
+    if [ -z "${NIX_INSTALLER_NO_CHANNEL_ADD:-}" ]; then
+        echo "https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs" > "$SCRATCH/.nix-channels"
+        _sudo "to set up the default system channel (part 1)" \
+            install -m 0664 "$SCRATCH/.nix-channels" "$ROOT_HOME/.nix-channels"
+    fi
+}
+
+welcome_to_nix() {
+    ok "Welcome to the Multi-User Nix Installation"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+This installation tool will set up your computer with the Nix package
+manager. This will happen in a few stages:
+
+1. Make sure your computer doesn't already have Nix. If it does, I
+   will show you instructions on how to clean up your old one.
+
+2. Show you what we are going to install and where. Then we will ask
+   if you are ready to continue.
+
+3. Create the system users and groups that the Nix daemon uses to run
+   builds.
+
+4. Perform the basic installation of the Nix files daemon.
+
+5. Configure your shell to import special Nix Profile files, so you
+   can use Nix.
+
+6. Start the Nix daemon.
+
+EOF
+
+    if ui_confirm "Would you like to see a more detailed list of what we will do?"; then
+        cat <<EOF
+
+We will:
+
+ - make sure your computer doesn't already have Nix files
+   (if it does, I will tell you how to clean them up.)
+ - create local users (see the list above for the users we'll make)
+ - create a local group ($NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME)
+ - install Nix in to $NIX_ROOT
+ - create a configuration file in /etc/nix
+ - set up the "default profile" by creating some Nix-related files in
+   $ROOT_HOME
+EOF
+        for profile_target in "${PROFILE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
+            if [ -e "$profile_target" ]; then
+                cat <<EOF
+ - back up $profile_target to $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
+ - update $profile_target to include some Nix configuration
+EOF
+            fi
+        done
+        if ! ui_confirm "Ready to continue?"; then
+            failure <<EOF
+Okay, maybe you would like to talk to the team.
+EOF
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+chat_about_sudo() {
+    header "let's talk about sudo"
+
+    if headless; then
+        cat <<EOF
+This script is going to call sudo a lot. Normally, it would show you
+exactly what commands it is running and why. However, the script is
+run in a headless fashion, like this:
+
+  $ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
+
+or maybe in a CI pipeline. Because of that, we're going to skip the
+verbose output in the interest of brevity.
+
+If you would like to
+see the output, try like this:
+
+  $ curl -o install-nix https://nixos.org/nix/install
+  $ sh ./install-nix
+
+EOF
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    cat <<EOF
+This script is going to call sudo a lot. Every time we do, it'll
+output exactly what it'll do, and why.
+
+Just like this:
+EOF
+
+    __sudo "to demonstrate how our sudo prompts look" \
+           echo "this is a sudo prompt"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+This might look scary, but everything can be undone by running just a
+few commands. We used to ask you to confirm each time sudo ran, but it
+was too many times. Instead, I'll just ask you this one time:
+
+EOF
+    if ui_confirm "Can we use sudo?"; then
+        ok "Yay! Thanks! Let's get going!"
+    else
+        failure <<EOF
+That is okay, but we can't install.
+EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+install_from_extracted_nix() {
+    (
+        cd "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH"
+
+        _sudo "to copy the basic Nix files to the new store at $NIX_ROOT/store" \
+              rsync -rlpt --chmod=-w ./store/* "$NIX_ROOT/store/"
+
+        if [ -d "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX" ]; then
+            echo "      Alright! We have our first nix at $NIX_INSTALLED_NIX"
+        else
+            failure <<EOF
+Something went wrong, and I didn't find Nix installed at
+$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX.
+EOF
+        fi
+
+        cat ./.reginfo \
+            | _sudo "to load data for the first time in to the Nix Database" \
+                   "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-store" --load-db
+
+        echo "      Just finished getting the nix database ready."
+    )
+}
+
+shell_source_lines() {
+    cat <<EOF
+
+# Nix
+if [ -e '$PROFILE_NIX_FILE' ]; then
+  . '$PROFILE_NIX_FILE'
+fi
+# End Nix
+
+EOF
+}
+
+configure_shell_profile() {
+    # If there is an /etc/profile.d directory, we want to ensure there
+    # is a nix.sh within it, so we can use the following loop to add
+    # the source lines to it. Note that I'm _not_ adding the source
+    # lines here, because we want to be using the regular machinery.
+    #
+    # If we go around that machinery, it becomes more complicated and
+    # adds complications to the uninstall instruction generator and
+    # old instruction sniffer as well.
+    if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
+        _sudo "create a stub /etc/profile.d/nix.sh which will be updated" \
+              touch /etc/profile.d/nix.sh
+    fi
+
+    for profile_target in "${PROFILE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
+        if [ -e "$profile_target" ]; then
+            _sudo "to back up your current $profile_target to $profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX" \
+                  cp "$profile_target" "$profile_target$PROFILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX"
+
+            shell_source_lines \
+                | _sudo "extend your $profile_target with nix-daemon settings" \
+                        tee -a "$profile_target"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+setup_default_profile() {
+    _sudo "to installing a bootstrapping Nix in to the default Profile" \
+          HOME="$ROOT_HOME" "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-env" -i "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX"
+
+    if [ -z "${NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE:-}" ] || ! [ -f "${NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE:-}" ]; then
+        _sudo "to installing a bootstrapping SSL certificate just for Nix in to the default Profile" \
+              HOME="$ROOT_HOME" "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-env" -i "$NIX_INSTALLED_CACERT"
+        export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "${NIX_INSTALLER_NO_CHANNEL_ADD:-}" ]; then
+        # Have to explicitly pass NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE as part of the sudo call,
+        # otherwise it will be lost in environments where sudo doesn't pass
+        # all the environment variables by default.
+        _sudo "to update the default channel in the default profile" \
+            HOME="$ROOT_HOME" NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-channel" --update nixpkgs \
+            || channel_update_failed=1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+place_nix_configuration() {
+    cat <<EOF > "$SCRATCH/nix.conf"
+$NIX_EXTRA_CONF
+build-users-group = $NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME
+EOF
+    _sudo "to place the default nix daemon configuration (part 2)" \
+          install -m 0664 "$SCRATCH/nix.conf" /etc/nix/nix.conf
+}
+
+main() {
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        # shellcheck source=./install-darwin-multi-user.sh
+        . "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH/install-darwin-multi-user.sh"
+    elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
+        # shellcheck source=./install-systemd-multi-user.sh
+        . "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH/install-systemd-multi-user.sh" # A lot of this is still usable for a non-systemd multi-user install
+    else
+        failure "Sorry, I don't know what to do on $(uname)"
+    fi
+
+    welcome_to_nix
+    chat_about_sudo
+
+    if [ "${ALLOW_PREEXISTING_INSTALLATION:-}" = "" ]; then
+        validate_starting_assumptions
+    fi
+
+    setup_report
+
+    if ! ui_confirm "Ready to continue?"; then
+        ok "Alright, no changes have been made :)"
+        contactme
+        trap finish_cleanup EXIT
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    create_build_group
+    create_build_users
+    create_directories
+    place_channel_configuration
+    install_from_extracted_nix
+
+    configure_shell_profile
+
+    set +eu
+    . /etc/profile
+    set -eu
+
+    setup_default_profile
+    place_nix_configuration
+
+    trap finish_success EXIT
+}
+
+
+main
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index 5824c2217..906e7da9b 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 # Determine if we could use the multi-user installer or not
 if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
     echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2
-elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ] && [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
+elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
     echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2
 fi
 
@@ -122,9 +122,15 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$INSTALL_MODE" = "daemon" ]; then
-    printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Daemon-based Installer\e[0m\n'
-    exec "$self/install-multi-user"
-    exit 0
+    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
+        printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Systemd Daemon-based Installer\e[0m\n'
+        exec "$self/install-multi-user"
+        exit 0
+    else
+        printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Non-Systemd Daemon-based Installer\e[0m\n'
+        exec "$self/install-generic-multi-user"
+        exit 0
+    fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then