merged systemd installer with non-systemd installer.

3 files changed, 37 insertions, 817 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/install-generic-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-generic-multi-user.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4353e9a06..000000000
--- a/scripts/install-generic-multi-user.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,799 +0,0 @@
-#!/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-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 00c9d540b..e5cc4d7ed 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ readonly PROFILE_NIX_FILE="$NIX_ROOT/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-
 
 readonly NIX_INSTALLED_NIX="@nix@"
 readonly NIX_INSTALLED_CACERT="@cacert@"
+#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)
@@ -69,9 +71,11 @@ uninstall_directions() {
     subheader "Uninstalling nix:"
     local step=0
 
-    if poly_service_installed_check; then
+    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ] && poly_service_installed_check; then
         step=$((step + 1))
         poly_service_uninstall_directions "$step"
+    else
+        step=$((step + 1))
     fi
 
     for profile_target in "${PROFILE_TARGETS[@]}"; do
@@ -250,20 +254,42 @@ function finish_success {
         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
+
+    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
+        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:
+
+  $ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
+
+Thank you for using this installer. If you have any feedback, don't
+hesitate:
+
+$(contactme)
+EOF
+    else
+        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
+   fi
+
 }
 
 
@@ -664,12 +690,8 @@ main() {
         # shellcheck source=./install-darwin-multi-user.sh
         . "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH/install-darwin-multi-user.sh"
     elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
-        if [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
-            # shellcheck source=./install-systemd-multi-user.sh
-            . "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH/install-systemd-multi-user.sh"
-        else
-            failure "Sorry, the multi-user installation requires systemd on Linux (detected using /run/systemd/system)"
-        fi
+        # shellcheck source=./install-systemd-multi-user.sh
+        . "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH/install-systemd-multi-user.sh" # most of this works on non-systemd distros also
     else
         failure "Sorry, I don't know what to do on $(uname)"
     fi
@@ -702,7 +724,10 @@ main() {
 
     setup_default_profile
     place_nix_configuration
-    poly_configure_nix_daemon_service
+
+    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
+        poly_configure_nix_daemon_service
+    fi
 
     trap finish_success EXIT
 }
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index 906e7da9b..e9d9db197 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -122,15 +122,9 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$INSTALL_MODE" = "daemon" ]; then
-    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
-        printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Systemd Daemon-based Installer\e[0m\n'
-        exec "$self/install-multi-user"
-        exit 0
-    else
-        printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Non-Systemd Daemon-based Installer\e[0m\n'
-        exec "$self/install-generic-multi-user"
-        exit 0
-    fi
+    printf '\e[1;31mSwitching to the Multi-user Installer\e[0m\n'
+    exec "$self/install-multi-user"
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then