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In particular, mention that non-NixOS users may have to create the
per-user `profiles` and `gcroots` directories.

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Currently the easiest way to install Home Manager is as follows:
1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation.
1. Make sure you have a working Nix installation. If you are not
using NixOS then you may here have to run
```
$ mkdir -m 0755 -p /nix/var/nix/{profiles,gcroots}/per-user/$USER
```
since Home Manager uses these directories to manage your profile
generations. On NixOS these should already be available.
2. Clone the Home Manager repository into the `~/.nixpkgs` directory: