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authorSilvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>2020-12-01 04:28:43 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-12-01 04:28:43 +0100
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Merge pull request #105515 from alyssais/manual-declarative
nixos/manual: don't recommend nix-env -iA
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml9
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 6df1d830348..bedeb7ccfa8 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -480,13 +480,8 @@ Retype new UNIX password: ***</screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt>passwd eelco</screen>
     </para>
     <para>
-     You may also want to install some software. For instance,
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -qaP \*</screen>
-     shows what packages are available, and
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -f '&lt;nixpkgs&gt;' -iA w3m</screen>
-     installs the <literal>w3m</literal> browser.
+     You may also want to install some software. This will be covered
+     in <xref linkend="sec-package-management" />.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </orderedlist>