From 2aa16f472a46bfc14d106c340ad587471cf5bb26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauricio Alvarez Leon <65101411+BBBmau@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:56:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update uninstall.md to include removal of `bash.bashrc.backup-before-nix` --- doc/manual/src/installation/uninstall.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/uninstall.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/uninstall.md index 9ead5e53c5c..d5da6fc047e 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/uninstall.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/uninstall.md @@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ which you may remove. > directory. This is an expected sign of a successful uninstall. The empty > `/nix` directory will disappear the next time you reboot. > +> You may still have `bash.bashrc.backup-before-nix` file despite it being empty, +> preventing the install to work properly. Removing this with `sudo rm -f bash.bashrc.backup-before-nix` +> may help. +> > You do not have to reboot to finish uninstalling Nix. The uninstall is > complete. macOS (Catalina+) directly controls root directories and its > read-only root will prevent you from manually deleting the empty `/nix`