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authorLiu Xiaoyi <circuitcoder0@gmail.com>2022-11-26 22:01:51 +0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-11-26 22:01:51 +0800
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treee4d3b1d3811cf3066f1b59f907084b8f6e03300b /doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
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Clarify uninstallation steps on Linux
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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@@ -88,25 +88,28 @@ extension. The installer will also create `/etc/profile.d/nix.sh`.
### Linux
-To begin, if you are on Linux with systemd, remove the Nix daemon service:
+If you are on Linux with systemd:
-```console
-sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
-sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
-sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-```
+1. Remove the Nix daemon service:
-Then you can remove systemd service files:
+ ```console
+ sudo systemctl stop nix-daemon.service
+ sudo systemctl disable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
+ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+ ```
-```console
-sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
-```
+1. Remove systemd service files:
-Also, the installer script uses systemd-tmpfiles (if presents) to create the socket directory. You may also want to remove the configuration for that:
+ ```console
+ sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
+ ```
-```console
-sudo rm /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
-```
+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: