The symlinks point to the package which I did not install

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I tried to install the KDE Partition Manager in the NixOS

$ nix-env -iA nixos.partition-manager

However, it occurred to me that there were some errors, so I decided to temporarily uninstall it.

$ nix-env -e partitionmanager

And the system will launch the program as the OS startup.

$ ps aux | grep part   
gapry       1402  0.0  0.0 1045400 80232 ?       Sl   15:30   0:00 /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0/bin/.partitionmanager-wrapped -session 10e169786f000167091282500000013590017_1670913727_34107 -name .partitionmanager-wrapped
gapry       2907  0.0  0.0 223608  2592 pts/1    S+   15:37   0:00 grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn --exclude-dir=.idea --exclude-dir=.tox part

$ sudo nix-store --query --roots /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0 
/proc/1402/exe -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/1402/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/1402/maps -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/2383/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/2400/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0

For now, I have tried the following approachs

$ nix-channel --update
$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1; nix-env -u --always
$ sudo rm /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/*
$ nix-collect-garbage -d
$ nix-store --optimise

$ sudo nix-collect-garbage -d
$ sudo nix-store --optimise

$ nix-store --gc --print-dead

$ sudo nix-store --delete --ignore-liveness /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0

But it doesn’t work, any idea to help me? Thanks

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Are you on nixos? or just nix on some other linux distro? If on nixos, it may be running through nixos somehow, independent of what you do with nix-env.

Regardless, nix-env shouldn’t be capable of making something start automatically, afaik. It basically just puts things in PATH.

Also,

$ sudo nix-store --query --roots /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0 
/proc/1402/exe -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/1402/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/1402/maps -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/2383/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
/proc/2400/environ -> /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0

This suggests the only thing keeping you from deleting it with a gc is that it’s running.

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Yes, I’m in NixOS

“This suggests the only thing keeping you from deleting it with a gc is that it’s running.”

What do you mean? It seems I miss some concepts, can you explain them to me in more detail?

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That output is listing the gcroots keeping the store path from being deleted, and all of them are in /proc, so they’re generated by the dependencies of running processes, not any symlinks on the filesystem. Check ps 1402 2383 2400 and see what those processes are. It may make things clearer.

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Thank you for hits

$ ps 1402
$ kill -9 1402

$ sudo nix-store --query --roots /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0

$ sudo nix-store --delete --ignore-liveness /nix/store/63ymbpcyf5l40v60lik21swz93s2m182-partitionmanager-22.04.0
$ sudo reboot now

For now, the issue is solved. Thanks you !!!