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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions src/pages/start/2.nix-run.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ This is in contrast to most [package managers][pkg], which install things more q
Future `nix run` invocations should be instantaneous, as Nix doesn't need to build the package again.
</Admonition>

<Admonition warning title="If you installed nix on your own" id="nix-run-loading" client:load>
If you installed Nix by means other than the [Determinate Nix Installer][nix-installer], you'll probably need to manually enable the nix command and flakes
(if you're seeing an error about experimental features, this it you). you can find out how to activate those features on their respective Nix wiki
pages: see [nix command](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_command) and [flakes](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes).
</Admonition>


## Explanation

What happened here? The [Nix] CLI did a few things:
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/pages/start/3.nix-develop.mdx
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type git
```

If your shell prompt didn't change, you should still be able to tell something happened by checking the `FUNNY_JOKE` variable added by the
development environment we just activated:
```shell
echo $FUNNY_JOKE
```

For curl, for example, you should see a strange path like this (the hash part should be different on your machine):

<NixStorePath pkg="curl-8.1.1-bin" bin="curl" />
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