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| author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2024-04-07 09:39:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2024-04-07 10:29:37 +0200 |
| commit | 80d364b92b73e6757f2c9a703582519655bb4f5c (patch) | |
| tree | 7fac1261a3dd5f8a9d53d65d54cbe5577d399425 /doc | |
| parent | f6a62ce9ba3d63aa043560f8f5697e80bf1db728 (diff) | |
| download | guix-80d364b92b73e6757f2c9a703582519655bb4f5c.tar.gz guix-80d364b92b73e6757f2c9a703582519655bb4f5c.zip | |
doc: Restore some of the old installation instructions.
Follow-up to 227e0469dbfec7e47b57d824dcf45a04ac4026c9.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation):
Revert wording for installing the Debian package.
Restore how to reproduce the binary tarball.
Restore how to uninstall.
(copying): Add copyright notice for Matthew Trzcinski.
Change-Id: Ib74199e39bd7a50ac58045f2bc47f61fc04eacb9
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bb4cb8263d..3ad44b4acb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Saku Laesvuori@* Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Graham James Addis@* Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Tomas Volf@* Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Herman Rimm@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Matthew Trzcinski@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ provide Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix may be older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by running @samp{guix pull}. -For Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, call: +For Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, call: @example sudo apt install guix @@ -803,6 +804,37 @@ When you're done installing Guix, @pxref{Application Setup} for extra configuration you might need, and @ref{Getting Started} for your first steps! +@quotation Note +The binary installation tarball can be (re)produced and verified simply +by running the following command in the Guix source tree: + +@example +make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz +@end example + +@noindent +...@: which, in turn, runs: + +@example +guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir \ + --profile-name=current-guix guix +@end example + +@xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool. +@end quotation + +@cindex uninstalling Guix +@cindex uninstallation, of Guix +Should you eventually want to uninstall Guix, run the same script with +the @option{--uninstall} flag: + +@example +./guix-install.sh --uninstall +@end example + +With @option{--uninstall}, the script irreversibly deletes all the Guix +files, configuration, and services. + @node Setting Up the Daemon @section Setting Up the Daemon |