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Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

> The tar-ball works a treat!! Simply download and
>
>    tar -C / --lzip -xvf guix-tarball-0.8.1.1140.tar.lz=20
>    export ~/.guix-profile/bin:$PATH
>
> Add the build users, update the /gnu/store permissions

Normally guix-daemon adjusts the permissions/ownership of /gnu/store
automatically nowadays, so that part shouldn=E2=80=99t even be needed.

> Very nice. GNU Guix out of a box. No more installation pain.=20
>
> The tar-ball should go in the standard download directory. I would
> name the tar ball with something 'binary', maybe add the supported
> Linux versions (3.x?) and the architecture in the name. Just to be
> complete. There may be other editions later.

Yes, something like guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64.tar.gz?

I guess we=E2=80=99ll publish it for the next release.

Thanks for your feedback!

Ludo=E2=80=99.