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| author | Liu Xiaoyi <circuitcoder0@gmail.com> | 2022-11-26 22:01:51 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-11-26 22:01:51 +0800 |
| commit | c4ce89f772d85e2a39727927903ca105a8c6a168 (patch) | |
| tree | e4d3b1d3811cf3066f1b59f907084b8f6e03300b /doc/manual/src/installation | |
| parent | 4d55acf5154639cd1a54435ace28cd497b5a9eb8 (diff) | |
Clarify uninstallation steps on Linux
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md | 31 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md index 8cdd64df6..a9378681d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md @@ -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: |