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Installing Guix as a Complete GNU/Linux System - System Crafters
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to install nix succesfully on my laptop I had to do the following steps:
guix install nix
nix-channel --list
if nixpkgs is not in channel then add
nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
sudo nix-channel --update --verbose
now change the group and ower of /nix
cd /nix/
sudo chown -R {your user name} ./var
sudo chown -R {your user name} ./store
sudo chgrp -R users ./var
sudo chgrp -R users ./store
now update the channels
nix-channel --update --verbose
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then install say firefox
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox