_FLOX_PUBLIC_KEYS() documented on Nix/Nixos tab of https://floxdev.com/docs/install-flox/

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Is this a doc generation bug? That should look something like what’s shown in the Nix/Generic tab right? Something like flox-store-public-0:8c/B+kjIaQ+BloCmNkRUKwaVPFWkriSAd0JJvuDu4F0=

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I’m trying to follow the instructions for installing flox with an existing nix installation and using the /nix/nixos tab.

When I run nix profile install --impure --accept-flake-config 'github:flox/floxpkgs#flox.fromCatalog' I see this output:

warning: ignoring untrusted substituter ‘https://cache.floxdev.com’
warning: input ‘etc-profiles’ has an override for a non-existent input ‘flox-floxpkgs’
error: path ‘/nix/store/01y128174yij6ax2hlsk6mgp4l89fbb1-flox-0.2.5-r553’ does not exist and cannot be created

   … while evaluating 'getOutPath'

   at /nix/store/862iwi8xjvm368csqj6a41lmqdqwccb5-source/lib//mkFakeDerivation.nix:27:16:

       26|   # just build from source
       27|   getOutPath = outputName: let
         |                ^
       28|     stringOutPath = outputs.${outputName};

   … from call site

   at /nix/store/862iwi8xjvm368csqj6a41lmqdqwccb5-source/lib//mkFakeDerivation.nix:118:19:

      117|         inherit outputName;
      118|         outPath = getOutPath outputName;
         |                   ^
      119|       };

   … while evaluating the attribute 'derivations' of the derivation 'flox-0.2.5-r553'

   at /nix/store/862iwi8xjvm368csqj6a41lmqdqwccb5-source/lib//mkFakeDerivation.nix:133:7:

      132|     {
      133|       name = defaultOut.name;
         |       ^
      134|       system = eval.system;
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@slimslenderslacks thanks for giving flox a try. I was able to verify this problem, and am looking into it now.

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@slimslenderslacks it turns out we had a render error in our documentation

Where our docs give instruction for “Configure Substituters” please use these values

  nix.settings.extra-trusted-substituters = [ "https://cache.floxdev.com" ];
  nix.settings.extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "flox-store-public-0:8c/B+kjIaQ+BloCmNkRUKwaVPFWkriSAd0JJvuDu4F0="];

…in your configuration.nix

Then repeat sudo nixos-rebuild switch and the rest of the install instructions and let us know if this resolves the issue for you. Thanks again!

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We did also update the docs with the correct information too. Install flox | flox:docs

Thanks for highlighting this issue.