aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/manual/src
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLiu Xiaoyi <circuitcoder0@gmail.com>2022-11-20 20:04:22 +0800
committerLiu Xiaoyi <circuitcoder0@gmail.com>2022-11-20 20:04:29 +0800
commitcc620d961f1fa68038ef44f5947fc053708ab3ad (patch)
tree95682a00e298b6d42d5c4578a44b7cdb5ac36424 /doc/manual/src
parent62960f32915909a5104f2ca3a32b25fb3cfd34c7 (diff)
Updated uninstall guide involving systemd
Co-authored-by: sequencer <liu@jiuyang.me>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md32
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
index 31faeadc2..1b7db59cd 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md
@@ -88,6 +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:
+
+```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
+```
+
+Then you can remove systemd service files:
+
+```console
+sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
+```
+
+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 -f /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
+```
+
Remove files created by Nix:
```console
@@ -103,16 +125,6 @@ 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`