From 268d90a03eaab95d13c1326d58fb2287c628aedc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:07:43 +0000 Subject: * Various updates. --- doc/manual/package-management.xml | 23 ++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/manual/package-management.xml') diff --git a/doc/manual/package-management.xml b/doc/manual/package-management.xml index 387258e69..167e96e6f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/package-management.xml +++ b/doc/manual/package-management.xml @@ -507,19 +507,16 @@ click on it, and it will be installed with all the necessary dependencies. For instance, you can go to — -or to any older release of Nix Packages — and click on any link for -the individual packages for your platform (say, subversion-1.4.0 -for i686-linux). The first time you do -this, your browser will ask what to do with -application/nix-package files. You should open -them with /nix/bin/nix-install-package. This -will open a window that asks you to confirm that you want to install -the package. When you answer Y, the package and -all its dependencies will be installed. This is a binary deployment -mechanism — you get packages pre-compiled for the selected platform -type. +xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk/channel/latest" +/> and click on any link for the individual packages for your +platform. The first time you do this, your browser will ask what to +do with application/nix-package files. You should +open them with /nix/bin/nix-install-package. +This will open a window that asks you to confirm that you want to +install the package. When you answer Y, the +package and all its dependencies will be installed. This is a binary +deployment mechanism — you get packages pre-compiled for the selected +platform type. You can also install application/nix-package files from the command line directly. See