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authorThéophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>2022-12-09 13:57:26 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-12-09 13:57:26 +0100
commit830b3bddf954ee1ef5a9780dcdf1a1a09e89cb7a (patch)
tree7f197b87862a8fa9eb0e65f903427bec7be94085
parent1548dc5587940d9e994204b5b30a32feba47d897 (diff)
parentc4ce89f772d85e2a39727927903ca105a8c6a168 (diff)
Merge pull request #7324 from CircuitCoder/master
Update uninstall guide involving systemd
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md33
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
index 31faeadc2..a9378681d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
@@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ extension. The installer will also create `/etc/profile.d/nix.sh`.
### Linux
+If you are on Linux with systemd:
+
+1. Remove the Nix daemon service:
+
+ ```console
+ sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
+ sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
+ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+ ```
+
+1. Remove systemd service files:
+
+ ```console
+ sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
+ ```
+
+1. The installer script uses systemd-tmpfiles to create the socket directory.
+ You may also want to remove the configuration for that:
+
+ ```console
+ sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
+ ```
+
Remove files created by Nix:
```console
@@ -103,16 +126,6 @@ done
sudo groupdel 30000
```
-If you are on Linux with systemd, remove the Nix daemon service:
-
-```console
-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
-```
-
There may also be references to Nix in
- `/etc/profile`