Stream: nixos

Topic: Installing a flake directly

view this post on Zulip Srid (Dec 12 2023 at 13:19):

Per @John Bargman nixos-install --flake github:URL also works during a manual install.

I thought only nixos-anywhere allowed direct flake references when installing.

view this post on Zulip Srid (Dec 12 2023 at 13:37):

It turns out nix-shell -p nixUnstable git is enough to enable nixos-install --flake

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