[Nix-dev] strange nix error
Ben Franksen
ben.franksen at online.de
Sun Apr 6 01:11:40 CEST 2014
James Cook wrote:
> On 5 April 2014 16:47, Ben Franksen <ben.franksen at online.de> wrote:
>> I have installed nix under ubuntu, using the ubuntu deb package. Then I
>> followed the instructions in the nix manual for multi-user installs, i.e.
>> created build users & groups and added a nix.conf:
>> [...]
>> Then I do nix-env -i <somepackage> and get
>>
>> error: setting synchronous mode: unable to open database file
>
> I had a similar problem, and fixed it by setting the environment
> variable NIX_REMOTE to "daemon" as suggested in the user's guide.
That was it. Thanks!
I had set the variable but only in my .zshenv and forgot to restart the
shell. Stupid me.
Cheers
Ben
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