Fresh Fleek install emits "Could not find suitable profile directory" error, other usability notes

[1024bees]

Describe the bug
Fleek failed to apply after following the installation instructions

To Reproduce

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon # I installed nix for this :) 
mkdir -p ~/.config/nix\
echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" >> ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
nix run github:ublue-os/fleek -- generate --help\
nix run github:ublue-os/fleek -- init
nix run github:ublue-os/fleek -- apply

And I observed the error : Could not find suitable profile directory, tried /home/james/.local/state/home-manager/profiles and /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/james

I created the first directory and tried to reapply and saw the same failure -- after I created /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/james fleek worked like a charm

Expected behavior
There should be no failure. Very likely that this is a nix specific because i didnt use the zero to nix installation. Figure I'd post for posterity :)

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Shell: zsh
• fleek version: boostrapped, 0.9.0

Additional context
Following the error message resolved this issue! Figure I would post anyway so people aren't suprised in the Future. Excited to explore fleek! Seems like a great tool.

Would love to have some sort of forum how to do a little Q+. Now im trying to figure out how I can customize my zshrc and have fleek version control that. After some googling, I see that nix programs are the way to go. The concept of a program makes sense and seems very powerful but how they plug into fleek is a little bit confusing. (e.g. where do I create a file to describe my program? Or is a file required at all?).

UPDATE 1: I found the programs.nix file! Its in the same directory as the fleek.yml file -- just had to follow the symlink

[adefemi171]

@1024bees I tried this steps but I was still getting the same error. Was there any content in those files you created?

[1024bees]

@adefemi171 unfortunately no, all i did was mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/james and mkdir -p /home/james/.local/state/home-manager/profiles

[adefemi171]

Thanks, for some reason I retried it again after few hours and it worked

[t9999clint]

last time I had this error, all I had to do was reboot.
Did you reboot after you installed NIX?

[1024bees]

No, I think I just opened a new shell

[tml]

#194 (comment) appears to provide a workaround for this issue