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Documenting uninstall for multi-user on macOS #1551
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This would close recent: #1561 |
i had the same problem, it happened because i had a restrictive umask. when i set umask to 022, everything was fine. |
I made the script a bit more idempotent: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/compare/master...zimbatm:darwin-uninstall-script?expand=1 |
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[triage] @grahamc is this still an issue? Coming from NixOS/nixos-homepage#178 |
It's much better. It would make sense to group the uninstallation procedure in a new chapter instead. It also looks like the manual is only listing the first entry of Graham's script. The profile backups and users would remain on the system. |
It's still quite bad experience. Here's what adds up:
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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info |
This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/anyone-up-for-picking-at-some-nix-onboarding-improvements/13152/6 |
I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info |
After reinstalling MacOS from scratch on my laptop and migrating my data with migration-assistant, Nix was badly broken. With contributions from this thread (Hi @grahamc!) I cobbled together a simple, rough script that cleaned up everything and let me install Nix without issue. In case anyone else wants to use, or better still, improve it: https://github.com/jacix/nixbits/blob/main/nix-uninstall.sh |
The docs now include the uninstall steps https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md#uninstalling might help |
This is the script I've used for testing:
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