doc: Document required setup steps for Nix service.

* doc/guix.texi (Nix service): Add specific channel setup commands, add
commands to create profile directory.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@ -40511,16 +40511,31 @@ After @command{guix system reconfigure} configure Nix for your user:
@itemize
@item Add a Nix channel and update it. See
@url{https://nixos.org/nix/manual/, Nix Package Manager Guide}.
@url{https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_channels, Nix channels} for more
information about the available channels. If you would like to use the
unstable Nix channel you can do this by running:
@example
$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
$ nix-channel --update
@end example
@item Create your Nix profile directory:
@example
$ sudo mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER
$ sudo chown $USER:root /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER
@end example
@item Create a symlink to your profile and activate Nix profile:
@end itemize
@example
$ ln -s "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile" ~/.nix-profile
$ source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
@end example
@end itemize
@end defvar
@deftp {Data Type} nix-configuration