Hi Gábor,

I have followed the Binary-Installation procedures and installed the hello
package to my root.
The next step I understand is to add another package from the list in
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/
I tried following this step to install a package from the list i.e. 4ti2
1.6.7 using the below commands:
*guix package -i 4ti2 1.6.7*

However, I got the error as :










*guile: warning: failed to install localehint: Consider installing the
`glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales' package anddefining `GUIX_LOCPATH',
along these lines:     guix package -i glibc-utf8-locales     export
GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"See the "Application Setup"
section in the manual, for more info.*
Is it due my incomplete GUIX installation or are there further steps to
follow?

Thanks,




Lakshmi Prasannakumar
Bangalore


On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 1:41 PM Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Lakshmi,
> Welcome to Guix!
>
> Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> ezt írta (időpont:
> 2018. okt. 17., Sze 8:45):
>
>> Hi Lakshmi,
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:04:40 +0530
>> Lakshmi Prasannakumar <lakshmiprasannakumaran@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi  Björn,
>> > I write to you in regards to the project description seen at the
>> > Outreachy project list. I would like to join your community and start
>> > contributing to the documentation part of it.
>>
>> Welcome to Guix! I'm adding the public mailing list on CC, so other
>> community members can also answer if necessary. Also adding Gabor on
>> CC, who is the main mentor.
>>
>> >  Though I have joined
>> > the IRC channel for GNU GUIX, I'm continually receiving the error
>> > message as below on sending messages:
>> > == Cannot send to nick/channel
>>
>> There was recently a spam attack on the freenode IRC network. Since
>> then you need to register your nick name before it is possible to join
>> the #guix channel. If you haven't done that yet, here are the
>> instructions:
>>
>> https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration
>>
>> You can also join the mailing list and write there.
>>
>> > My understanding regarding the project contribution is to make
>> > video tutorials on how to install and use GNU GUIX.
>> > Could you kindly direct me with some initial task so that I can start
>> > working on it and get familiar with the environment?
>>
>> Yes, that's right, video documentation is the job. One requirement for
>> Outreachy is to make a first, formal contribution to the project. For
>> Guix that means you could add a new package.
>>
>> But the very first step is to install Guix and get used to it. You can
>> install Guix either on top of another Linux-Distribution or standalone,
>> in a virtual mashine or on real hardware. On top of an existing distro
>> is probably the easiest step.
>>
>> The docs for installation should be linked from the Outreachy Project
>> site, I post it also here:
>>
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation
>
>
> Yes, installation would be the first step.
>
>
>>
>> If you have any questions feel free to ask (preferably on the mailing
>> list, or if it works for you, on IRC).
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Björn
>>
>
> Best regards,
> g_bor
>
>>