Document common troubleshooting case, and how to uninstall

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An easy to use Linux builder for macOS [maintainer=@nicknovitski]

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Document common troubleshooting case, and how to uninstall #33

Closed evanrelf closed 4 years ago

evanrelf commented 4 years ago

I added troubleshooting steps to resolve a very common problem when trying to build after installing. I've had to copy the SSH config from root every time I install, on multiple machines, so I think it should be part of the README.

I also wrote down some steps to uninstall LinuxKit Nix, but I'd appreciate feedback if I got something wrong or if I could phrase things better.

thomashoneyman commented 4 years ago

👍 I installed this today and stumbled over copying the contents of nix-linuxkit-ssh-config into ~/.ssh/config. If there's a better way, that's fantastic, but this README update helps clarify at least one way to get past the error below after installation.

cannot build on 'ssh://nix-linuxkit': cannot connect to 'nix-linuxkit': ...

zimbatm commented 4 years ago

let's merge this and iterate in other PRs if there are more improvements to make