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  1. Get the latest release: https://releases.nixos.org/?prefix=nix/
  2. Extract the release
  3. Setup /nix 
    sudo mkdir /nix
sudo chown $USER /nix
  4. Run installer 
    NIX_INSTALLER_NO_MODIFY_PROFILE=true ./install
  5. Setup shell 
    source ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
  6. Add channels 
    nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
nix-channel --update
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