Document Nix installation in one place
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Description
Problem description
Currently there are five (!) sources of truth for installing Nix:
- Nix manual (quickstart) (source)
- Nix manual (install) (source)
- Nix manual (binary installation) (source)
- nixos.org (source)
- nix.dev (source)
This creates additional maintenance overhead and leads to inconsistencies.
Proposal
Define one place where to maintain that information and either link to or reproduce it in the other locations.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Compare the five installation sources listed in the issue, starting with their linked source files: the Nix manual quickstart and installation pages, nixos.org/download.html, and nix.dev/source/tutorials/install-nix.md. Decide where the installation information should be maintained, then link to or reproduce it consistently in the other locations; done means there is one maintained source without conflicting instructions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100