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Add overlay and instructions for using it
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depending on whether you are tracking Nixpkgs unstable or version
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17.03.
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3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by adding it
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to the `packageOverrides` section in your
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`~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix` file:
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3. Add Home Manager to your user's Nixpkgs, for example by symlinking the
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overlay to `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays`:
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```nix
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{
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packageOverrides = pkgs: rec {
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home-manager = import ./home-manager { inherit pkgs; };
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};
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}
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```console
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$ ln -s ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager/overlay.nix ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/home-manager.nix
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```
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4. Install the `home-manager` package:
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if nix-env -q | grep -q '^home-manager$' ; then
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$DRY_RUN_CMD nix-env -e home-manager
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echo "You can now remove the 'home-manager' entry in"
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echo "'~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix', if you want."
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echo "You can now remove the 'home-manager' packageOverride"
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echo "or overlay in '~/.config/nixpkgs/', if you want."
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fi
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'';
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};
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overlay.nix
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self: super: {
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home-manager = import ./home-manager { pkgs = super; };
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}
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