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Nix not installing on macOS 15.0 #11562

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caldenmic opened this issue Sep 21, 2024 · 11 comments
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Nix not installing on macOS 15.0 #11562

caldenmic opened this issue Sep 21, 2024 · 11 comments
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@caldenmic
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  • Linux:
  • [ x] macOS
  • WSL

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I was using this command to install nix:
curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh -s --

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It seems the build group nixbld already exists, but
with the UID 30000. This script can't really handle
that right now, so I'm going to give up.

You can export NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID=30000 and re-run.

We'd love to help if you need it.

You can open an issue at
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/new?labels=installer&template=installer.md

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@abathur
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abathur commented Sep 21, 2024

It sounds like you've already got a Nix install (or at least remnants of one)--is there any particular reason you're trying to install it again?

@caldenmic
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I was using devbox but when i run the command "devbox shell" it doesn't run because it can't find /nix

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abathur commented Sep 21, 2024

This sounds like the issue/fix in this thread/comment:

Can you see if that gets it working?

@roberth roberth added the macos Nix on macOS, aka OS X, aka darwin label Sep 23, 2024
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got this issues too

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rtuin commented Sep 27, 2024

This sounds like the issue/fix in this thread/comment:

Can you see if that gets it working?

Same issue here after upgrading to macOS 15.0. The two launch items sh are enabled (they were never disabled AFAIK).
I'm not sure how to fix this, but can provide diagnostic data to someone who is.

@nusendra
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This sounds like the issue/fix in this thread/comment:

Can you see if that gets it working?

Same issue here after upgrading to macOS 15.0. The two launch items sh are enabled (they were never disabled AFAIK). I'm not sure how to fix this, but can provide diagnostic data to someone who is.

I managed to reinstall nix again, with allowed my terminal to access full disk. https://nusendra.com/post/fix-nix-after-upgrade-to-sequoia

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rtuin commented Sep 27, 2024

Thanks for the write-up! I'm sure my installation is fixed once i figure out how to force unmount the drive

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rtuin commented Sep 27, 2024

What worked for me:

  • unmount and delete the Nix Store in Disk Utility (thanks @nusendra)
  • Delete nixbld group and users (with these commands)
  • Maybe: enable full disk access to my terminal application (iTerm). Although I don't think this helped.

This got me back up and running. No other steps were need.

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What worked for me:

  • unmount and delete the Nix Store in Disk Utility (thanks @nusendra)
  • Delete nixbld group and users (with these commands)
  • Maybe: enable full disk access to my terminal application (iTerm). Although I don't think this helped.

This got me back up and running. No other steps were need.

mine was just ran this command NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID="3000" sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) (suggested by Nix error message).

Glad u got it working !

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rtuin commented Oct 9, 2024

Small update:
The nix binaries (nix-shell etc) were gone after an upgrade to 15.0.1. I was able to reinstall with just NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID="351" sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) this time.

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abathur commented Oct 9, 2024

@rtuin If you are using zsh, that sounds like #3616. For future reference: you don't have to reinstall after the update. The update is overwriting the shell hook, but you can just replace it. There's at least one example in the linked issue.

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