Re: Hi, I am R Veera Kumar - Current Outreachy selected Applicant

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

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Hello,

R Veera Kumar <vkor@vkten.in> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. márc. 11., Sze
17:51):

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:03:00AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Veera <vkor@vkten.in> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. márc. 11., Sze 1:31):
> >
> > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 08:48:05AM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote:
> > > >    Hello,
> > > >    Veera <[1]vkor@vkten.in> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. márc. 8., Vas
> > > 8:41):
> > > >
> > > >      On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 09:31:32PM +0100, Gábor Boskovits wrote:
> > > >      >
> > > >      > To get started you should install guix. For this project it
> might
> > > >      make
> > > >      > sense to install guix system also. You should also set up a
> guix
> > > >      > development environment, by checking out the source code, and
> > > >      building it.
> > > >      >
> > > >      I am installing GuixSD.
> > > >
> > > >    How did the install go?
> > > >    Could you do it? Please feel free to reach out to me should you
> have
> > > >    any questions.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Install from ISO did not go well. Could not complete install.
> > >
> >
> > What went wrong with the iso?
> > Did you try the guided on the manual install?
> > Was this on a VM or in bare metal?
> >
>
> oops in bochs_drm video module actually some depended bo_ttm module.
> There were kernel trap faults occurred as seen in dmesg.
>
> >
> > > So I tried VM img install and it is successfull.
> > >
> >
> > I am glad that you have a working system. Please check if you have enough
> > disk space, as the default VM image is small. It should be extended
> before
> > use.
> >
> > Now I am reading docs about guix. And how to get my way around.
> > >
> >
> > Great. The next step to contribute would be to build an unmodified guix
> > from source.
> >
> > Try to find out how to do that, the manual has great instructions. Should
> > you have any questions feel free to reach out to us.
> >
>
> Yes. Would that require huge internet bandwidth? I mean downloading all
> the package sources. And then building it. As in other distros is it
> possible to just install binary buildtools and only download the source
> for needed pkgs and install them?
>

No. You will get binary substitutes for the build tools, and you will only
need the guix source repository from git.


> > >
> > > >      > The usual first time contribution we recommend is to package
> an R
> > > >      package
> > > >      > from cran that has all its dependencies in guix using the
> > > >      importer.
> > > >      >
> > > >
> > > >    Best regards,
> > > >    G_bor
> > > >
> > > > References
> > > >
> > > >    1. mailto:vkor@vkten.in
> > > >    3. http://issues.guix.gnu.org/easy
> > >
> > Best regards,
> > g_bor
> >
>
>
> Regards,
> Veera
>
Best regards,
g_bor

>

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