Impossible create directory "x": Read-only file system

[JackFormeDev]

Platform

• Linux:
• macOS
• WSL

Additional information

Output

---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------ I am executing:

$ sudo install -dv -m 0555 /etc/nix

to place the default nix daemon configuration (part 1)

---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

$ sudo install -m 0664 /tmp/tmp.Wr0IECNXy5/.nix-channels /root/.nix-channels

to set up the default system channel (part 1)

~~> Installing Nix

---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

$ sudo cp -RPp ./store/0wb2jfh9zcdhh2maw76vrcd69yn56hw2-aws-c-sdkutils-0.1.16 ./store/0wq0r67l1lixwiwb7zyjbpl3yff5nbxw-boehm-gc-8.2.6 ./store/19avl2s0rd4whz3b0n118qdrv6yr3b0g-xgcc-13.2.0-libgcc ./store/2k9k3q1vk8z6w7743k6nb22vnb05xv06-zlib-1.3.1 ./store/2vdxsvrjrf1bgznbb9wga1rshpxc658a-publicsuffix-list-0-unstable-2024-01-07 ./store/39jg2qg6jlfm4hdc8j61d09skxg4gfw0-acl-2.3.2 ./store/3x497rk44p5zpr2vbf155dqw5xfjri1a-nix-2.25.3 ./store/40yjzm7r5ki59kkk9423dnwbm86x7pyd-gcc-13.2.0-lib ./store/503h8rdwzj12dh0fs1b6y643qm26vqsb-libunistring-1.1 ./store/5d4a4am9gb7ia79xfjcdbf2y3b9kwknn-aws-c-event-stream-0.4.2 ./store/5xvdvbb7vzyazmhw57yhwwch8kqwjfyk-aws-c-http-0.8.1 ./store/65ysp6n926dmcxdsg88q4qkw1kid7dih-attr-2.5.2 ./store/852a51xd3m7jyzifqimxc3jf3w2ipc4k-nss-cacert-3.101 ./store/86b4h0x1i310gglrsjrk093l0g2h26pr-aws-sdk-cpp-1.11.318 ./store/87848rvrg5c7jmplpi0iapvbxyj9kfid-glibc-2.39-52 ./store/8c9vyhad2gxlg4clvaa3zlikv7lsym3s-libsodium-1.0.19 ./store/8ivnsqp0wb8pna7rm31csdcn5aykdkqh-s2n-tls-1.4.12 ./store/96dj8i2gxxn31nw84r94h7bbfbg46rkw-pcre-8.45 ./store/9g700djj7aqgr3fqq5ji9m8w3n5ip75s-xz-5.4.7 ./store/ayndm66jniwbm76kprjjng06r4b7ypbw-keyutils-1.6.3-lib ./store/b5248mzca3qjhjvck1vw3n6gg5mdhkz8-aws-c-common-0.9.17 ./store/bdk3lnfjx46vsh5php2wbxsr9mriyhqb-aws-c-s3-0.5.7 ./store/by2v5cgvm6kkjjfv52fz7vajwgmcfdga-brotli-1.1.0-lib ./store/c46xzl45zg6225nxy780ccm5bzm9bdc4-aws-crt-cpp-0.26.8 ./store/ddzqsmrcpciq7rm4p70ynj3hi07w88kz-libxml2-2.12.7 ./store/dqrip0sx49kz9l6p8smq09aghas49s3b-gcc-13.2.0-libgcc ./store/dyxmqfpx08c2rhxg5kc83qa0qdxhzhfk-aws-c-cal-0.6.12 ./store/f6afb4jw9g5f94ixw0jn6cl0ah4liy35-sqlite-3.45.3 ./store/g0gx36d1l273mzhnz7jmq5vvjf6n9r70-bzip2-1.0.8 ./store/g45c2banpvki32fjydbx3wclgcphmsbs-libpsl-0.21.5 ./store/isqwk2fj3d87ykqkhgr1513jqlrkymr6-lowdown-1.1.0-lib ./store/j8qdcfmjnlqlxk14mh59vcwr6hbznj92-boost-1.81.0 ./store/k52i6nkc80lxr7f2axdrvdp3cbnwxmk7-libgit2-20240516095848-lib ./store/kcc6cnkqm8if32y6hwh9ixpwxba15hkq-nghttp2-1.61.0-lib ./store/kw6idhj5b1pmwjg7rnyvrlhg5ffrn1vs-curl-8.7.1 ./store/m5lk8pdk0sz0pkf3kjzk0j2b7gargzzx-aws-c-compression-0.2.18 ./store/mccadsxm3sgrcx2z0b9c8d5wgnlg7a3z-libarchive-3.7.4-lib ./store/mldkgahcv5kg2kv19dc8zqmz5y702k01-aws-c-io-0.14.7 ./store/p66hqwsh90q1xdb6ss31105rr11s4z9v-busybox-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-1.36.1 ./store/p8pfm2w0sapcyizn9rkgdpllywq05x5n-libseccomp-2.5.5-lib ./store/p95ba37n695180m4vjp4mn3j8vd156jr-libcpuid-0.6.5 ./store/q46sbq9pgf58xb8zx5vlkbv96kidglxc-openssl-3.0.14 ./store/qcwlfkj0yggkfvv43y0bv7wyb35w1dh0-editline-1.17.1 ./store/rpj7hvnzrm4kh45bllm7fgncwmshlhiq-aws-c-mqtt-0.10.4 ./store/wckka8fxv4h5hp74cbkhaw3fw7kbvcs1-bash-5.2p26 ./store/xhd47fvyzk5gds3d6bnnvhfpqd9hrsvp-aws-c-auth-0.7.18 ./store/ya4arqpf6vwbq4msi449314kqbhdb4l4-libidn2-2.3.7 ./store/ydmbcr9ca5sdhvlx8icwvj454xvp6dd8-aws-checksums-0.1.18 ./store/yh9n3w67ivhxkzx9m58cswbaf8nag436-zstd-1.5.6 ./store/z5736fyn17s2mqql62rcznmj5yk5yx15-libkrb5-1.21.3 ./store/zmczdj9cz73g8vfrqkv2hh5fv9achs7v-libssh2-1.11.0 /nix/store/

to copy the basic Nix files to the new store at /nix/store

cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/0wb2jfh9zcdhh2maw76vrcd69yn56hw2-aws-c-sdkutils-0.1.16': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/0wq0r67l1lixwiwb7zyjbpl3yff5nbxw-boehm-gc-8.2.6': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/19avl2s0rd4whz3b0n118qdrv6yr3b0g-xgcc-13.2.0-libgcc': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/2k9k3q1vk8z6w7743k6nb22vnb05xv06-zlib-1.3.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/2vdxsvrjrf1bgznbb9wga1rshpxc658a-publicsuffix-list-0-unstable-2024-01-07': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/39jg2qg6jlfm4hdc8j61d09skxg4gfw0-acl-2.3.2': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/3x497rk44p5zpr2vbf155dqw5xfjri1a-nix-2.25.3': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/40yjzm7r5ki59kkk9423dnwbm86x7pyd-gcc-13.2.0-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/503h8rdwzj12dh0fs1b6y643qm26vqsb-libunistring-1.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/5d4a4am9gb7ia79xfjcdbf2y3b9kwknn-aws-c-event-stream-0.4.2': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/5xvdvbb7vzyazmhw57yhwwch8kqwjfyk-aws-c-http-0.8.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/65ysp6n926dmcxdsg88q4qkw1kid7dih-attr-2.5.2': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/852a51xd3m7jyzifqimxc3jf3w2ipc4k-nss-cacert-3.101': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/86b4h0x1i310gglrsjrk093l0g2h26pr-aws-sdk-cpp-1.11.318': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/87848rvrg5c7jmplpi0iapvbxyj9kfid-glibc-2.39-52': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/8c9vyhad2gxlg4clvaa3zlikv7lsym3s-libsodium-1.0.19': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/8ivnsqp0wb8pna7rm31csdcn5aykdkqh-s2n-tls-1.4.12': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/96dj8i2gxxn31nw84r94h7bbfbg46rkw-pcre-8.45': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/9g700djj7aqgr3fqq5ji9m8w3n5ip75s-xz-5.4.7': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/ayndm66jniwbm76kprjjng06r4b7ypbw-keyutils-1.6.3-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/b5248mzca3qjhjvck1vw3n6gg5mdhkz8-aws-c-common-0.9.17': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/bdk3lnfjx46vsh5php2wbxsr9mriyhqb-aws-c-s3-0.5.7': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/by2v5cgvm6kkjjfv52fz7vajwgmcfdga-brotli-1.1.0-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/c46xzl45zg6225nxy780ccm5bzm9bdc4-aws-crt-cpp-0.26.8': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/ddzqsmrcpciq7rm4p70ynj3hi07w88kz-libxml2-2.12.7': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/dqrip0sx49kz9l6p8smq09aghas49s3b-gcc-13.2.0-libgcc': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/dyxmqfpx08c2rhxg5kc83qa0qdxhzhfk-aws-c-cal-0.6.12': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/f6afb4jw9g5f94ixw0jn6cl0ah4liy35-sqlite-3.45.3': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/g0gx36d1l273mzhnz7jmq5vvjf6n9r70-bzip2-1.0.8': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/g45c2banpvki32fjydbx3wclgcphmsbs-libpsl-0.21.5': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/isqwk2fj3d87ykqkhgr1513jqlrkymr6-lowdown-1.1.0-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/j8qdcfmjnlqlxk14mh59vcwr6hbznj92-boost-1.81.0': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/k52i6nkc80lxr7f2axdrvdp3cbnwxmk7-libgit2-20240516095848-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/kcc6cnkqm8if32y6hwh9ixpwxba15hkq-nghttp2-1.61.0-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/kw6idhj5b1pmwjg7rnyvrlhg5ffrn1vs-curl-8.7.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/m5lk8pdk0sz0pkf3kjzk0j2b7gargzzx-aws-c-compression-0.2.18': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/mccadsxm3sgrcx2z0b9c8d5wgnlg7a3z-libarchive-3.7.4-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/mldkgahcv5kg2kv19dc8zqmz5y702k01-aws-c-io-0.14.7': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/p66hqwsh90q1xdb6ss31105rr11s4z9v-busybox-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-1.36.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/p8pfm2w0sapcyizn9rkgdpllywq05x5n-libseccomp-2.5.5-lib': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/p95ba37n695180m4vjp4mn3j8vd156jr-libcpuid-0.6.5': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/q46sbq9pgf58xb8zx5vlkbv96kidglxc-openssl-3.0.14': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/qcwlfkj0yggkfvv43y0bv7wyb35w1dh0-editline-1.17.1': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/rpj7hvnzrm4kh45bllm7fgncwmshlhiq-aws-c-mqtt-0.10.4': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/wckka8fxv4h5hp74cbkhaw3fw7kbvcs1-bash-5.2p26': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/xhd47fvyzk5gds3d6bnnvhfpqd9hrsvp-aws-c-auth-0.7.18': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/ya4arqpf6vwbq4msi449314kqbhdb4l4-libidn2-2.3.7': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/ydmbcr9ca5sdhvlx8icwvj454xvp6dd8-aws-checksums-0.1.18': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/yh9n3w67ivhxkzx9m58cswbaf8nag436-zstd-1.5.6': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/z5736fyn17s2mqql62rcznmj5yk5yx15-libkrb5-1.21.3': Read-only file system
cp: impossibile creare la directory '/nix/store/zmczdj9cz73g8vfrqkv2hh5fv9achs7v-libssh2-1.11.0': Read-only file system

Checklist

• checked latest Nix manual (source)
• checked open installer issues and pull requests for possible duplicates

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