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# Part II: Home Manager

## Overview

After installing the base flake, it was time for me to install `home-manager`, a community-driven project that lets users install applications and configure it in the user space. The installer scripts creates a symbolic link that points to the repo's `home-manager` directory.

## Installation

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### Run the installer script.

The following script creates a symlink at `$HOME/.config/home-manager` that points to the repo's `home-manager` directory.

```
$ ./install.sh
```

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{% step %}

### Build home-manager

This can be done using `home-manager switch`. This installs and configures every application according to how I specified in the `*.nix` files.
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{% endstepper %}