Re: Outreachy'18

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>]

Reshu, Konrad,

Welcome to Guix! I hope you enjoy your stay :-)

On 2018-03-06 21:06, Konrad Hinsen wrote:
> On 06/03/2018 20:34, Reshu Singh wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to install GUIX for ubuntu using sh script. I have named 
>> the script "guix-install.sh". I created the sh file in nano and ran 
>> using bash guix-install.sh.

Creating and/or editing a script should not be necessary; 
guix-install.sh is part of Guix, and you should be able to simply run 
‘sudo bash ./etc/guix-install.sh’ from your Guix tree.

>> Encountering an error "guix-install.sh: line 249: 
>> /home/reshu/.guix-profile/etc/profile: No such file or directory".
> 
> The instructions for installing Guix on a Ubuntu system are at:

There's nothing wrong with Reshu's preference.

>   
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation

That said, you should consider installing Guix manually using the guide 
above, instead of using a script:

- The installation script is still quite new and probably won't work in 
all cases.
- Error reporting is primitive, as you've experienced, which makes it 
hard for us to help.
- Manually installing isn't *that* difficult, and most importantly:
- Understanding the concepts involved will serve as a valuable 
introduction to hacking on Guix.

> There is no reference to any shell script there, so I wonder what you
> are trying to accomplish using your script?

To install Guix using the official installation script, I suspect...

T G-R

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