From 266b16834b4a81273af34551977bd22e1fa13af7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arc <33088785+arcbtc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:39:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix nix install doc (#3401)

---
 docs/guide/installation.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md
index f802d4e9..cbe8d7a4 100644
--- a/docs/guide/installation.md
+++ b/docs/guide/installation.md
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Now visit `0.0.0.0:5000` to make a super-user account.
 
 ```sh
 # Install nix. If you have installed via another manager, remove and use this install (from https://nixos.org/download)
-sh <(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
+sh <(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon --yes
 
 # Enable nix-command and flakes experimental features for nix:
 grep -qxF 'experimental-features = nix-command flakes' /etc/nix/nix.conf || \
@@ -145,16 +145,29 @@ echo "trusted-users = root $USER" | sudo tee -a /etc/nix/nix.conf
 # Restart daemon so changes apply
 sudo systemctl restart nix-daemon
 
+# Clone and build LNbits
+git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
+cd lnbits
+
+# Make data directory and persist data/extension folders
+mkdir data
+PROJECT_DIR="$(pwd)"
+{
+  echo "export PYTHONPATH=\"$PROJECT_DIR/ns:\$PYTHONPATH\""
+  echo "export LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER=\"$PROJECT_DIR/data\""
+  echo "export LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_PATH=\"$PROJECT_DIR\""
+} >> ~/.bashrc
+grep -qxF '. /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ~/.bashrc || \
+  echo '. /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
+. ~/.bashrc
+
 # Add cachix for cached binaries
 nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install
 cachix use lnbits
 
-# Clone and build LNbits
-git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
-cd lnbits
+# Build LNbits
 nix build
 
-mkdir data
 ```
 
 #### Running the server