# Issue installing certain packages using Nix **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 23, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/issue-installing-certain-packages-using-nix/2473 "2024-06-23T18:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![kimchidagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@kimchidagger](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kimchidagger)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/issue-installing-certain-packages-using-nix/2473/4 "2024-06-27T23:32:14Z")
Hey, all. I just wanted to update that I finally got everything working. I’m still not sure why there was a problem, however my solution was basically to just uninstall nix + home-manager and re-install. Since I installed using the [nix determinate installer](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer), I followed their instructions to uninstall, rebooted, and then reinstalled. I then ran `nix run nixpkgs#home-manager -- switch --flake nix/#$USER ` to reinstall home-manager while pointing to my flake in my ~/nix directory. It prompted me that there were conflicts with my home-manager profiles, so I deleted them all and tried again. (the installer prompts you which files to remove). After that, I was able to build successfully! Hope this helps some one else in the future. --- _[View the full topic](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/issue-installing-certain-packages-using-nix/2473)._