I have a fresh install of Nix (multi-user) on Mac OS, x86.
Whenever I try running any command (for instance nix-shell -p hello
), I get an error saying that:
error: path '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' is a symlink
so basically it seems I cannot use any basic nix command.
It is indeed a symlink but I have another computer (Mac OS ARM), for which this is also symlinked in the same way.
What is wrong ?
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A symlink to what? And how did you install nix?
I installed nix using sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
The symlink is as follows:
> ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels
lrwxr-xr-x 1 alireza.sepidbar nixbld 15 Jan 23 13:52 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -> channels-1-link
> ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-1-link
lrwxr-xr-x 1 alireza.sepidbar nixbld 60 Jan 23 13:52 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-1-link -> /nix/store/nnjcz4xj38l5jyvcxjb8hr8fkm0s74lh-user-environment
On my other computer, it’s the same except owner is root for some reason:
> ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root nixbld 15 20 déc 2023 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -> channels-2-link
> ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-2-link
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root nixbld 60 20 déc 2023 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-2-link -> /nix/store/spiny4irr08i2vzqz5xzck6acpcfl1w5-user-environment
alesti
January 24, 2025, 10:08am
4
Hi, i am a total newbie to nix, and i am somehow happy that someone else has the same problem :-/
I installed nix yesterday by curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
- needed to fix my PATH to get nix-shell into it, but i run into that error:
aleks@silberfisch : ~
[0] % nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
error:
… while calling the 'import' builtin
at «string»:1:18:
1| {...}@args: with import <nixpkgs> args; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) "shell" { buildInputs = [ (nix-info) ]; } ""
| ^
… while realising the context of a path
… while calling the 'findFile' builtin
at «string»:1:25:
1| {...}@args: with import <nixpkgs> args; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) "shell" { buildInputs = [ (nix-info) ]; } ""
| ^
error: path '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' is a symlink
aleks@silberfisch : ~
[1] % ls -la /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 15 Jan 24 10:53 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -> channels-1-link
aleks@silberfisch : ~
[0] % ls -la /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-1-link
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 60 Jan 24 10:53 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels-1-link -> /nix/store/h2mk68qji9aag7ljssnxgvy18yy4hmbw-user-environment
I am not sure what i should expect as this is my first try.
I run macos 15.2 - will install nix now on a linux vm to dig deeper into that, if possible
alesti
January 24, 2025, 10:34am
5
Seems like i do not have the group nixbld as there is only a numeric value…
This is fixed in Nix 2.26.1.
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alesti
January 25, 2025, 7:27pm
8
Confirmed, its working now.
Thank you for your work!
Aleks