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Cannot install nix package manager without sudo privileges (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by suspectum@lemmy.ml to c/nixos@lemmy.ml

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First of all, I'm completely new to Nix and I have no idea what I'm doing. I would like to use it initially as a more general purpose replacement of conda environments for my AI-development workflow. To begin with, I'd like to install nix package manager at my work server where I don't have root access. I tried

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon

however it tries to create /nix which I cannot do without sudo. I searched everywhere, but I don't seem to find a way to circumvent this.

Thanks!

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[–] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nix has poor support for having a store path other than /nix/store. Your best bet is probably a helper like nix-portable, which uses Flatpack-like containers to emulate access to /nix

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