Syntax error, unexpected EOF, expecting semicolon

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Hi. I am currently instaling NixOS to virtual machine through SSH, but it still gives me this:

error: syntax error, unexpected end of file, expecting ';'

       at /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix:116:2:

          115|   system.stateVersion = "22.05"; # Did you read the comment?
          116| }
             |  ^
          117|
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

I have done everything right, but it still throws that same error. Can someone help me?

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you probably forgot to close an attrset (ie, missing }) somewhere further up.

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I went through that config file like 10k times and I did not found any mistake.

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Hi!

Still, you certainly overlooked an error. You may want to add the nix LSP to your editor to help you spot syntax issues like this. Otherwise, you could try to run a formatter on it, they may be able to tell you something is wrong when you look at the indentation going bad.

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Another option (assuming you cannot share the full file here) is to drop in a semicolon somewhere up from the bottom and notice how the reported error moves. This should help you hone in on where and what the actual error is.

Similar to adding a semicolon is to remove chunks of code until nixos-rebuild dry-build succeeds, and then add them back until it fails and you identify the offending code.