Nix install on macOS

fish.md

Nix install

1. Run Nix install

with fish

sh (curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | psub) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume

for zsh with multi user

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

2. Install foreign-env for Fish

omf install foreign-env

3. Add to config.fish file

echo "fenv source $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

4. Install nix-darwin

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
./result/bin/darwin-installer

5. Add to PATH

echo "set -U fish_user_paths $fish_user_paths /run/current-system/sw/bin" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

6. Install home-manager

nix-channel --add https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install

Results:

• ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix
• `~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix

install.md

Nix install

1. Run Nix install

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume --daemon

2. Enable flakes

Edit either ~/.config/nix/nix.conf or /etc/nix/nix.conf and add:

experimental-features = nix-command flakes

3. Install nix-darwin

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
./result/bin/darwin-installer

Results:

• ~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix
• `~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix

troubleshooting.md

ssl issues

• NixOS/nix#2008 (comment)

issues with multi-user install

• NixOS/nix#4289 (run the script in the original issue)

uninstall.md

Nix uninstall on macOS

1. Remove the entry from fstab using 'sudo vifs'
2. Destroy the data volume using 'diskutil apfs deleteVolume'
3. Remove the 'nix' line from /etc/synthetic.conf or the file

multi-user destroy

sudo rm -rf /etc/profile/nix.sh /etc/nix /nix ~root/.nix-profile ~root/.nix-defexpr ~root/.nix-channels ~/.nix-profile ~/.nix-defexpr ~/.nix-channels

# If you are on Linux with systemd, you will need to run:
sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# If you are on macOS, you will need to run:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist

Need to source . /Users/ethan/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh