From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rohit yadav Subject: Re: [Non-root Guix]: Unable to build guix Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 16:17:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ef5gwq73.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002760a40587ee2c24" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMJ5v-0000Dl-Kr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 May 2019 17:18:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMJ5u-0001tj-Fi for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 May 2019 17:18:19 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x333.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::333]:37271) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hMJ5u-0001tI-A7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 May 2019 17:18:18 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-x333.google.com with SMTP id r20so3485412otg.4 for ; Thu, 02 May 2019 14:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ot1-f54.google.com (mail-ot1-f54.google.com. [209.85.210.54]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a25sm39171otp.54.2019.05.02.14.18.16 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 02 May 2019 14:18:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-f54.google.com with SMTP id d24so3447002otl.11 for ; Thu, 02 May 2019 14:18:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ef5gwq73.fsf@elephly.net> 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --0000000000002760a40587ee2c24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ricardo, Thanks for pointing that out. I have gone through that. However, none of those options are applicable here. All of those at some point requires root permission. The proot is the only option but it is terribly slow and also several time does not work with dispatching jobs etc (do not have real example but had felt difficulty beyond slow speed). For now I am managing with Nix but I need something that is portable to older kernel. Unfortunately, at several work places that is the case. Regards, Rohit On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 3:35 PM Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > rohit yadav writes: > > > I am trying to prepare guix for installing at non-root location. I have > > followed the documentation available here: > > > https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#error-in-pro= cedure-scm-error-no-code-for-module-gcrypt-hash > > I forgot to say that we discussed the various non-root installation > methods on the Guix HPC blog: > > > https://guix-hpc.bordeaux.inria.fr/blog/2017/10/using-guix-without-being-= root/ > > I hope you=E2=80=99ll find this useful. > > -- > Ricardo > > --0000000000002760a40587ee2c24 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ricardo,

Thanks fo= r pointing that out. I have gone through that. However, none of those optio= ns are applicable here. All of those at some point requires root permission= . The proot is the only option but it is terribly slow and also several tim= e does not work with dispatching jobs etc (do not have real example but had= felt difficulty beyond slow speed).
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For now I am managing with Nix b= ut I need something that is portable to older kernel. Unfortunately, at sev= eral work places that is the case.
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Regards,
Rohit

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 3:35 PM Ricardo Wurmus <= rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
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rohit yadav <= rohityadav@utexas.edu> writes:

> I am trying to prepare guix for installing at non-root location. I hav= e
> followed the documentation available here:
> https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/I= NSTALL.org#error-in-procedure-scm-error-no-code-for-module-gcrypt-hash<= br>
I forgot to say that we discussed the various non-root installation
methods on the Guix HPC blog:

https://guix-hpc.borde= aux.inria.fr/blog/2017/10/using-guix-without-being-root/

I hope you=E2=80=99ll find this useful.

--
Ricardo

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