[Nix-dev] Problem installing nix 1.1

[Richard Wallace]

I'm trying to install nix on a new machine.  It's running Arch so I
decided to use the generic x86_64 binary distribution.  I ran through
the steps for using it from a single non-root user account.

rwallace:~$ cd /
rwallace:/$ sudo tar -jxvf ~/Downloads/nix-1.1-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2
[sudo] password for rwallace:
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/usr/bin/nix-finish-install
/nix/store/reginfo
/nix/store/043zrsanirjh8nbc5vqpjn93hhrf107f-bash-4.2-p24/
...
rwallace:/$ sudo chown -R rwallace /nix
rwallace:/$ nix-finish-install
creating /home/rwallace/.nix-profile
creating /home/rwallace/.nix-defexpr
installing `nix-1.1'
error: cannot connect to daemon at
`/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/nix-finish-install: unable to install Nix into your default profile

I tried creating the `/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket` directory and that
didn't help.  What am I missing?

Thanks,
Rich