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<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Download a source tarball, RPM or Deb from <link
xlink:href='http://nixos.org/'/>. Build source distributions using
the regular sequence:
<listitem><para>Download a source tarball or RPM or Debian/Ubuntu
package from <link xlink:href='http://nixos.org/'/>. Build source
distributions using the regular sequence:
<screen>
$ tar xvfj nix-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2
@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ file).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Subscribe to the Nix Packages channel.
<screen>
$ nix-channel --add \
http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen>
$ nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen>
</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You can also install specific packages directly from
your web browser. For instance, you can go to <link
xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk/channel/latest" />
and click on any link for the individual packages for your platform.
Associate <literal>application/nix-package</literal> with the program
<filename>/nix/bin/nix-install-package</filename>. A window should
xlink:href="http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk/channel/latest"
/> and click on any link for the individual packages for your
platform. Associate <literal>application/nix-package</literal> with
the program <command>nix-install-package</command>. A window should
appear asking you whether its okay to install the package. Say
<literal>Y</literal>. The package and all its dependencies will be
installed.</para></listitem>