Nix: Nix failing to install on Debian Stretch Linux 4.10 x86_64

Created on 30 Jan 2019  路  2Comments  路  Source: NixOS/nix

Running on Debian Stretch
Linux 4.10 x86_64

Installing Nix in Multi user mode

Fails at
---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

$ sudo HOME=/root /nix/store/5hdmx9yk7gr71b98j4vh9271k0zg5jis-nix-2.2.1/bin/nix-env -i /nix/store/5hdmx9yk7gr71b98j4vh9271k0zg5jis-nix-2.2.1

to installing a bootstrapping Nix in to the default Profile

installing 'nix-2.2.1'
error: cloning builder process: Invalid argument
error: unable to start build process

Most helpful comment

Try putting this in /etc/nix/nix.conf:

sandbox = false

and try again.

All 2 comments

Try putting this in /etc/nix/nix.conf:

sandbox = false

and try again.

Same results, do you know if 'Cgroup namespace' is needed for Nix?

Thank You

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