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# Nix

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Nix is a purely functional package manager.

See the Nix Package Manager Guide for information.

## Installation

Nix is available in the AUR as nixAUR.

## Configuration

In order to use Nix for the first time, you need to add a channel. But before, you need to address some permission issues.

Nix is by default installed in the `/nix` folder. If you want to use Nix with an unprivileged account, run

    sudo chown -R "${USER}:${USER}" /nix

Then, in order to add and update channels, run the following commands:

    nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
    nix-channel --update
    nix-env -u

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- Package management