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Don't forget to add your user to the nix group:
```
adduser <username> nix
# adduser <username> nix
```
## Usage
> From here on things have to be done per user.
Nix can be used to manage your `$HOME` with `home-manager` and `flakes`. ([Here a link explaining it all](https://juliu.is/tidying-your-home-with-nix/))
Now that Nix is up and running utilize the `flake` that comes with the config files to set up our home for us:
Now that Nix is up and running utilize the `flake` that comes with the [config files](https://docs.bijl.us/alpine-desktop-setup/post-install/config-files/) to set up our home for us. But before initialising `nix` make sure that you set the correct `<username>` in both `flake.nix` and `home.nix` which are located in `~/.config/home-manager`. Then after changing those simply run this command from that same directory:
```
$ cd ~/.config/home-manager
$ nix run . switch
```
Now you are able to install packages as a user without root from `nixpkgs`:
This should have installed `nixpkgs-unstable` and `home-manager`. Verify this with:
```
$ home-manager --version
```
And thanks to `home-manager` we can easily set up and manage an entire graphical enviroment with all the necessary packages in one go.
You are now also able to install packages as a user without root from `nixpkgs`:
```
$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.<package>
```
> You can also test a package before installing it with `nix-shell -p <program>`
You can also test a package before installing it with `nix-shell -p <program>`
### Home-Manager
To update your system, in `~/.config/home-manager` run:
```
$ nix flake update
```
### Nix-Bubblewrap