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@ -63,22 +63,21 @@ Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows:
Note that Nix 2.4 (`nixUnstable`) is not yet supported.
2. Add the appropriate Home Manager channel. Typically this is
2. Add the appropriate Home Manager channel. If you are following
Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel you can run
```console
$ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
$ nix-channel --update
```
if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel you can run
```console
$ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-20.09.tar.gz home-manager
$ nix-channel --update
```
if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel.
On NixOS you may need to log out and back in for the channel to
become available. On non-NixOS you may have to add

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@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ must be covered by the {nix-allowed-users}[`allowed-users`] Nix
option. On NixOS you can control this option using the
{nixos-allowed-users}[`nix.allowedUsers`] system option.
2. Add the Home Manager channel that you wish to follow. This is done
by running
2. Add the Home Manager channel that you wish to follow. If you are
following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel then this is done by
running
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[source,console]
----
@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ $ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master
$ nix-channel --update
----
+
if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel, you can run
+
[source,console]
----
@ -54,8 +55,6 @@ $ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/releas
$ nix-channel --update
----
+
if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel.
+
On NixOS you may need to log out and back in for the channel to become
available. On non-NixOS you may have to add
+
@ -111,7 +110,8 @@ deployed through NixOps.
To make the NixOS module available for use you must `import` it into
your system configuration. This is most conveniently done by adding a
Home Manager channel, for example
Home Manager channel. For example, if you are following Nixpkgs master
or an unstable channel, you can run
[source,console]
----
@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Home Manager channel, for example
# nix-channel --update
----
if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel, you can run
[source,console]
----
@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
# nix-channel --update
----
if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel.
It is then possible to add
[source,nix]
@ -190,7 +188,8 @@ tool.
To make the NixOS module available for use you must `import` it into
your system configuration. This is most conveniently done by adding a
Home Manager channel, for example
Home Manager channel. For example, if you are following Nixpkgs master
or an unstable channel, you can run
[source,console]
----
@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ Home Manager channel, for example
# nix-channel --update
----
if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel, you can run
[source,console]
----
@ -206,8 +205,6 @@ if you are following Nixpkgs master or an unstable channel and
# nix-channel --update
----
if you follow a Nixpkgs version 20.09 channel.
It is then possible to add
[source,nix]