nix.enable

Whether to enable Nix.

Disabling this will stop nix-darwin from managing the installed version of Nix, the nix-daemon launchd daemon, and the settings in /etc/nix/nix.conf.

This allows you to use nix-darwin without it taking over your system installation of Nix. Some nix-darwin functionality that relies on managing the Nix installation, like the nix.* options to adjust Nix settings or configure a Linux builder, will be unavailable. You will also have to upgrade Nix yourself, as nix-darwin will no longer do so.

::: {.warning} If you have already removed your global system installation of Nix, this will break nix-darwin and you will have to reinstall Nix to fix it. :::