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Reduce confusion installing nix on Linux
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b-rodrigues authored Aug 30, 2024
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Afterwards, you can install Nix like business as usual. You can proceed with the
Determinate Systems installer.

### The Determinate Systems installer
### Using the Determinate Systems installer

You can use `{rix}` to generate Nix expressions even if you don't have Nix
installed on your system, but obviously, you need to install Nix if you actually
want to build the defined development environment and use them. Installing (and
want to build the defined development environment and use them.

Installing (and
uninstalling) Nix is quite simple, thanks to the installer from [Determinate
Systems](https://determinate.systems/posts/determinate-nix-installer), a company
that provides services and tools built on Nix. Simply open a terminal and run
the following line (on Windows, if you cannot or have decided not to activate
systemd, then you have to append `--init none` to the command. You can find more
details about this on [The Determinate Nix
that provides services and tools built on Nix.

Do not use your operating system’s package manager to install Nix. Instead,
simply open a terminal and run the following line (on Windows, if you cannot or
have decided not to activate systemd, then you have to append `--init none`
to the command. You can find more details about this on [The Determinate Nix
Installer page](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer)):


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