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Install Nix
===========
While NixOS is a Linux distribution based on Nix, you can install Nix on
other Linux distributions, MacOS and Windows via WSL using the install
script from our website:
Install Nix on **any Linux distribution**, **MacOS** and **Windows (via WSL)**
via the recommended `multi-user installation <https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-installation>`_:
.. code:: bash
curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
(For security, you may want to `verify the script`_ using our GPG
signatures.)
.. note::
Check that the installation was successful by running
Due to `MacOS Catalina read-only system volume <https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925>`_,
there are extra installation steps by running `create-darwin-volume.sh <https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3212>`_
For security you may want to `verify installation script`_ using GPG signatures.
Verify installation
-------------------
Check that the installation was successful:
.. code:: bash
nix-channel --list
$ nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 2.3.4
This command displays the package distribution channel used by Nix. By
default, this is ``https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable``
.. _verify the script: %5B%root%%5Ddownload.html#nix-verify-installation
.. _verify installation script: https://nixos.org/download.html#nix-verify-installation