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I deleted /nix and started a fresh install of nix, however after installing nix install nix (MACBook Pro M1 arm64 BigSur) with sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) I run $ nix but I get the output zsh: command not found: nix , same for nix-shellalso the /nix volume is not created, I also tried the instruction at https://docs.plutus-community.com/docs/setup/MacOS.html still same issue

Neo
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  1. Open /etc/zshrc and look for the following lines (probably at the end of the file):

     # Nix
 if [ -e '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ]; then
    . '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh'
 fi
 # End Nix

  2. Copy these lines and delete them from this file.

  3. Open ~/.zshrc and add the above copied lines to the end of this file

  4. Reboot terminal and nix should work now.

lajosdeme
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    I tried other solutions, and this is the only thing that worked for me. – james-see May 12 '22 at 16:17
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    This also worked for me, but after I restarted my macbook everything turned back. And this time, I already put that code into .zshrc but still can't find nix cli. – ShuangSong Jul 25 '22 at 13:20
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    It seems that upgrading macOS system will remove/reset the file `/etc/zshrc` that was updated by Nix during installation. – NeoZoom.lua Mar 23 '23 at 07:15