From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system. Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:39 +0200 Message-ID: <1464541540-13495-1-git-send-email-h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47484) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b749t-00086d-RH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2016 13:05:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b749n-00084C-PM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2016 13:05:48 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:35618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b749n-000848-IC for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2016 13:05:43 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rHmNQ6jNJz3hjNt for ; Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rHmNQ5j0szvh1n for ; Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ietGJpQvWbta for ; Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-93-104-104-67.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.104.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sun, 29 May 2016 19:05:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thisbe.fritz.box (thisbe.fritz.box [192.168.110.23]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC73D60221 for ; Sun, 29 May 2016 19:00:02 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note about no need for a virtual machine. --- doc/guix.texi | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 01363c1..fab39e5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Leo Famulari@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Chris Marusich@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner +Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Hartmut Goebel Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -354,6 +355,12 @@ dependencies. This is often quicker than installing from source, which is described in the next sections. The only requirement is to have GNU@tie{}tar and Xz. +Installing Guix on an arbitrary system as descibed here is absolutely +save for your originating system. Only two directories, a service and a +bunch of easy-to-spot users are created. All work you'll do will be done +within this. Even for your first steps setting up a virtual machine is +completely unnecessary. + Installing goes along these lines: @enumerate -- 2.7.4