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Add flakes section reference in Installation section #810

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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ nix-darwin is built up around [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs), quite

To install nix-darwin, a working installation of [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix#installation) is required.

> NOTE: Using `darwin-installer` is no longer necessary on flake based systems.
If you wish to use nix-darwin with flakes, please refer to the [flakes](#flakes) section.

```bash
nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
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}
```

## Flakes (experimental)
## Flakes

There is also preliminary support for building your configuration using a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes). This
is mostly based on the flake support that was added to NixOS.
nix-darwin aims for both non-flake and flake configurations to be well supported despite flakes being an experimental feature in Nix.

### Step 1. Creating `flake.nix`

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inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-23.05-darwin";
nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin/master";
nix-darwin.url = "github:LnL7/nix-darwin";
nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};

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