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I want to run the following on ubunt 20.04:

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon

what I got is this:

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100  4046  100  4046    0     0  16782      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   98k
downloading Nix 2.5.1 binary tarball for x86_64-linux from 'https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.5.1/nix-2.5.1-x86_64-linux.tar.xz' to '/tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.KPhkYw21Nn'...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0Warning: Failed to create the file 
Warning: /tmp/nix-binary-tarball-unpack.KPhkYw21Nn/nix-2.5.1-x86_64-linux.tar.x
Warning: z: No such file or directory
  0 27.1M    0  1103    0     0  10753      0  0:44:05 --:--:--  0:44:05 10813
curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination
/dev/fd/63: failed to download 'https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.5.1/nix-2.5.1-x86_64-linux.tar.xz'

When I have a look at /dev/fd/ I see a bunch of files marked inaccessible:

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I guess this has something to do with the failure to download. Am I right? What can I do against it? I am just a 'normal' ubuntu user, this kind of stuff exceeds my ubuntu-knowledge.

UPDATE: Even if I run the whole thing as root the result remains the same:

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    Probably you have to download inside your home folder, where you have enough permissions. Also note that /dev/fb/ and /dev/fd/ are different objects. Which guide do you follow? Do you have sudo permissions on this computer?
    – N0rbert
    Jan 14, 2022 at 17:40
  • Try adding the option -s to curl. Maybe then you will notice this: "Warning: Failed to create the file" and "Failure writing output to destination" .
    – Luuk
    Jan 14, 2022 at 18:31
  • @N0rbert, yes, I do have sudo permission, but id does not seem to help. I am trying to follow this : nixos.org/download.html. Forgive me for my stupid question, but I am now in pr@server (probably due to a earlier installation which no longer matters).From here how to get to get to pr@home, or home?
    – Sanyifejű
    Jan 14, 2022 at 18:57
  • @Luuk sh <(curl -s -L nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon Unfortunately makes no difference
    – Sanyifejű
    Jan 14, 2022 at 19:00
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    You can enter exit to exit from SSH session. Or simply open new local terminal instance with Ctrl+Alt+T.
    – N0rbert
    Jan 14, 2022 at 19:08

3 Answers 3

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After a very long research I found a useful hint.

Can't write to a hidden path using Curl

Basically snap curl is useless. Uninstall it properly. Get the proper apt curl, and everything works like a charm.

$ sudo snap remove curl
$ sudo apt install curl
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    Great advice. One problem though for me: I'm on ubuntu 22.04 and I removed snap curl. Problem is the alias 'curl' seems to remain and I have to manually type /usr/bin/curl if i want to use the apt installed version. Anyone know how to remove the snap curl alias?
    – Code True
    Aug 20, 2022 at 16:34
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    @jb1, I don't know why its still considering snap installed curl. But I suggest you to take a look inside "environment" file with sudo vi /etc/environment. And see how does the value of PATH variable looks like. Precisely, "/usr/bin" should appear first, and later "/snap/bin" should present. Mine looks like this. PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
    – learner
    Sep 17, 2022 at 3:55
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    Same here when running pyenv install under Ubutnu 22.04.1. Resolved following your advice.
    – Fanta
    Oct 10, 2022 at 14:59
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    this problem still exist in ubuntu 22.04
    – sam
    Nov 28, 2022 at 9:37
  • Snaps strike again! What a POS...
    – CrazyPyro
    Jul 10 at 20:31
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In my case

$ sudo snap remove curl

didn't worked. So I had to remove it via apt-get like these:

$ sudo apt-get remove curl

Than installed it again.

$ sudo apt install curl

My problems solved.

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  • If snap remove did not work it was not a snap that was installed.
    – David
    Apr 5 at 9:12
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I faced the same error and below I shared how to fix.

First notice either you're logged-in as root@your-server-ip user or some other user@ip like debian@your-server-ip account.

In my case, I was logged-in as debian@vps-1a7c9 and try to run command using sudo and without sudo but got error curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination

How to Fix: run command sudo su to login as root this will change the current user to root user and terminals will look like root@your-server-ip.

Even this user debian@your-server-ip is an administrator account, but terminal return curl error, and after changing it to root@ all errors gone and commands worked. Means you're required to login as root.

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  • The question says: UPDATE: Even if I run the whole thing as root the result remains the same It seems like you haven't read it.
    – karel
    Feb 25 at 17:15

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