Re: Re: Using GUIX

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>]

Hello,

On 18.12.18 18:00, guile-user-request@gnu.org wrote:
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> To: Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Using GUIX
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> Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Hello Guile Users,
>>
>> I recently managed to install GUIX package manager. Now I always get the
>> following warning, when I install any package:
>>
>> guix package -i hello
>> guix package: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
>> 'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.
>>
>> The following package will be upgraded:
>>    hello	2.10 ? 2.10	/gnu/store/md2plii4g5sk66wg9cgwc964l3xwhrm9-hello-2.10
>>
>> substitute: guile: warning: failed to install locale
>> substitute: hint: Consider installing the `glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales' package and
>> substitute: defining `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines:
>> substitute: 
>> substitute:      guix package -i glibc-utf8-locales
>> substitute:      export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
>> substitute: 
>> substitute: See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for more info.
>> substitute: 
>> substitute: 
>> nothing to be done
>>
>> I already installed both, glibc-utf8-locales and glibc-locales, but the
>> warning remains.
>>
> Hello, I think you need to install the 'glibc-utf8-locales' as the
> 'root' user, and then restart the 'guix-daemon' service.  The locale
> warning coming from the 'substitute' program spawned by the
> 'guix-daemon', whose environment variables are controlled by the system
> service manager, which set GUIX_LOCPATH to root's profile by default.

Here is what I tried:

$ ps -fel|grep guix

shows:

4 S root      1118     1  0  80   0 -  2208 poll_s 08:37 ?        00:00:00 /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
0 S root      7892  5848  0  80   0 -  4134 pipe_w 08:59 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto guix

So there is something running, but I could not find a restart parameter in:

$ /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon --help

I also already rebooted multiple times (really shutdown the machine and
then start it again by pressing the power button and carrying it around
separated from power source) between the GUIX installation and now. How
would I restart that daemon and would that have any effect, having
already rebooted multiple times?

Thanks for everyone's help so far!

Oh and I saw the message about the mailing lists. I think I should take
this question over there : )

Zelphir