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Fix NixOS install instructions #3907

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Fix NixOS install instructions
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Expand Up @@ -95,10 +95,16 @@ sudo emerge rkt

## NixOS

rkt can be installed on NixOS using the following command:
On NixOS enable rkt by adding the following line in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`:

```
nix-env -iA rkt
virtualisation.rkt.enable = true;
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like this accomplishes the following three things:

  1. Makes the rkt pkg available for that configuration
  2. Enables the rkt metadata services
  3. Enables the rkt gc timer

I think there are people who may want 1 but not 2 or 3 (especially given the metadata service is only useful in a a subset of usecases).

Perhaps those differences should be cited so a nixos user may opt to instead just install the pkg without the services if they want?

```

Using the nix package manager on another OS you can use:

```
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.rkt
```

The source for the rkt.nix expression can be found on [GitHub][rkt-nixos]
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