Add 'Uninstalling Nix' section to the documentation #1624
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| rm -rf $HOME/.nix-profile | ||
| rm -rf $HOME/.nix-defexpr | ||
| rm -rf $HOME/.nix-channels | ||
| rm -rf $HOME/.config/nixpkgs |
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These files do not need to be removed.
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But shouldn't they be? If I was testing out some new software on my machine, I wouldn't want it to leave behind unnecessary files or directories. Perhaps we could move these commands into a sub-section describing how to completely purge Nix from your system?
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It may be better to have a section which lists all files that are (typically) existing/generated by Nix and what their purpose is. Based on that a reader can easily decide what they need to remove.
| <filename>/etc/nix</filename> that you need to delete:</para> | ||
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| sudo rm -rf /etc/nix |
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Likewise, these files do not need to be deleted.
| <para>First of all you need to remove the <filename>/nix</filename> | ||
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| <screen>sudo rm -rf /nix</screen> |
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This and removing the sourcing of nix-profile.sh are really the only steps that are required.
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How does one remove the nix-profile.sh on osx, how do I locate it from the terminal (if that's what I am using)
| the <literal>nixbld[0-9]</literal> users.</para> | ||
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| sudo deluser nixbld0 |
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This is system-specific. On NixOS (and I think most Linux distributions) the command is userdel. Also it can be more elegantly expressed using a for loop, e.g. for $((i = 0; i < 10; i++)); do deluser nixbld$i; done.
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Good catch, I'll update the PR.
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Although, strictly speaking, that for loop is also system-specific, isn't it? It doesn't work in my shell (fish).
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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info |
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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 |
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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info |
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Closing this since we have some uninstall instructions by now. The only thing missing is deleting the users, which is added in #7279 |
The purpose of this PR is to make it easier to figure out how to uninstall Nix. It's very likely that I'm missing some details, especially with regards to multi-user installs, but I think this PR should serve as a good starting point. It condenses information from #458 and #1402 and adds a new section in the manual.
Fixes #1623