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Cannot install nix package manager without sudo privileges (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You may wanna have a look at nix-portable if you don't have root access.