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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profile-link.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profile-link.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..439446b40 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/user-profile-link.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +# User profile link + +A symbolic link to the user's current profile. + +- `~/.nix-profile` +- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` if [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is set to `true`. + +By default, this symlink points to: + +- `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profiles/default` for regular users +- `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user/root/profile` for `root` + +The `PATH` environment variable should include `/bin` subdirectory of the profile link (e.g. `~/.nix-profile/bin`) for the user environment to be visible to the user. +The [installer](@docroot@/installation/installing-binary.md) sets this up by default. + +[`use-xdg-base-directories`]: @docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-use-xdg-base-directories |