From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Outreachy'18 Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:54:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <255b39c3-0e48-e0ec-f1fe-f2429c232588@fastmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51472) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etJbj-0005jq-LX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:54:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1etJbi-00018C-GF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:54:47 -0500 In-Reply-To: <255b39c3-0e48-e0ec-f1fe-f2429c232588@fastmail.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: Reshu Singh , Konrad Hinsen Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Guix-devel 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 Sent from a Web browser. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.