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-rw-r--r--scripts/install.in4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/install.in b/scripts/install.in
index 6709f00d4..1d26c4ff0 100644
--- a/scripts/install.in
+++ b/scripts/install.in
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ tarball="$tmpDir/$(basename "$tmpDir/nix-@nixVersion@-$system.tar.xz")"
require_util curl "download the binary tarball"
require_util tar "unpack the binary tarball"
-require_util xz "unpack the binary tarball"
+if [ "$(uname -s)" != "Darwin" ]; then
+ require_util xz "unpack the binary tarball"
+fi
echo "downloading Nix @nixVersion@ binary tarball for $system from '$url' to '$tmpDir'..."
curl -L "$url" -o "$tarball" || oops "failed to download '$url'"