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From: "Jan Synáček" <jan.synacek@gmail.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Some newbie questions
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:08:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACA+5f0TWHqsVvVuDtbDoU_WscGV=V8328+7CssJs11km5h=1A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hello,

I've been playing with guix a bit and I must say I really like it. I don't
understand a few things though.

1) How do I tell if a package I have installed had been built locally or
downloaded as a substitute?

2) There are a lot of packages with executable binaries in the bin/
subfolder in /gnu/store. However, if I didn't explicitly install the
package, I don't have it in my profile and can't easily reach the binary
without first looking it up in the store. Do I have to always "install" a
package to be able to use run it easily?

Please, excuse my not-so-clear questions, I still don't fully understand
how things really work in guix.

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Synáček

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             reply	other threads:[~2015-10-29 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-29 10:08 Jan Synáček [this message]
2015-10-29 13:23 ` Some newbie questions Thompson, David
2015-10-29 20:29   ` Jan Synáček
2015-10-29 21:11     ` Adam Pribyl
2015-10-29 21:30       ` Andreas Enge
2015-10-30 16:35         ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-29 20:32   ` Ludovic Courtès

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