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nix install failure
tobias@nibbler:~/ > curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 2476 100 2476 0 0 7727 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 7737
downloading Nix 2.2.1 binary tarball for x86_64-linux from 'https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-2.2.1/nix-2.2.1-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2' to '/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.gool9LuDn7'...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 22.5M 100 22.5M 0 0 2177k 0 0:00:10 0:00:10 --:--:-- 2698k
Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation
performing a single-user installation of Nix...
copying Nix to /nix/store.................................
initialising Nix database...
Nix: creating /home/tobias/.nix-profile
installing 'nix-2.2.1'
error: cloning builder process: Operation not permitted
error: unable to start build process
/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.gool9LuDn7/unpack/nix-2.2.1-x86_64-linux/install: unable to install Nix into your default profile
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