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> A lot of Nix documentation I’ve found says things like, “Simply add these lines!”

> Huh?

> Which file? And where in the file do I add those lines?

This issue is prevalent everywhere. Even the best documented projects fail into this trap almost immediately.



That's why I like documentation with the comment section. Even if something's missing, there is a good chance someone asked about it. Also comments section provides an instant feedback to people writing posts to that documentation.


While I wholeheartedly agree, you need a full-time moderation team if you want to enable comments.


And why, what do those lines mean


> Which file? And where in the file do I add those lines?

/etc/nixos/configuration.nix if you haven't structured your config differently.

> And where in the file do I add those lines?

Consult `man configuration.nix` or search.nixos.org




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