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author | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 10:44:54 +0200 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-07-23 18:27:11 +0200 |
commit | f3903035667e158112dfd414091d8d50ef90c5f4 (patch) | |
tree | 4b9e6e9568104e1cf46cfd0e6f5e7103ddfadd27 /doc/manual/src/installation/env-variables.md | |
parent | c20c0823838d257b1e18e71c307f53afac0d2b39 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/env-variables.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/env-variables.md index 7946ac437..6e78245c9 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/env-variables.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/env-variables.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Environment Variables To use Nix, some environment variables should be set. In particular, -PATH should contain the directories `prefix/bin` and +`PATH` should contain the directories `prefix/bin` and `~/.nix-profile/bin`. The first directory contains the Nix tools themselves, while `~/.nix-profile` is a symbolic link to the current *user environment* (an automatically generated package consisting of @@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ this: source prefix/etc/profile.d/nix.sh -# NIX\_SSL\_CERT\_FILE +# `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` If you need to specify a custom certificate bundle to account for an HTTPS-intercepting man in the middle proxy, you must specify the path to -the certificate bundle in the environment variable NIX\_SSL\_CERT\_FILE. +the certificate bundle in the environment variable `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE`. -If you don't specify a NIX\_SSL\_CERT\_FILE manually, Nix will install +If you don't specify a `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` manually, Nix will install and use its own certificate bundle. Set the environment variable and install Nix @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ In the shell profile and rc files (for example, `/etc/bashrc`, > You must not add the export and then do the install, as the Nix > installer will detect the presense of Nix configuration, and abort. -## NIX\_SSL\_CERT\_FILE with macOS and the Nix daemon +## `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` with macOS and the Nix daemon On macOS you must specify the environment variable for the Nix daemon service, then restart it: |