error: profile '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
teto opened this issue · comments
when I try to run it
useradd: user 'nixbld10' already exists
+ true
+ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install
+ /bin/bash
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
100 4046 100 4046 0 0 31609 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 31609
downloading Nix 2.7.0 binary tarball for x86_64-linux from 'https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.7.0/nix-2.7.0-x86_64-linux.tar.xz' to '/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.YEF6MN1DW3'...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 27.4M 100 27.4M 0 0 175M 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 175M
Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/installing-binary.html#multi-user-installation
warning: installing Nix as root is not supported by this script!
performing a single-user installation of Nix...
copying Nix to /nix/store...
error: profile '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead
/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.YEF6MN1DW3/unpack/nix-2.7.0-x86_64-linux/install: unable to install Nix into your default profile
I've tried to convert the command to nix profile
nix profile install \
--profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \
github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-20.09#system
but this won't work. Not sure how to retreive the system attribute.
nevermind the machine already had some nix stuff installed ofc.