From: sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
Cc: help-guix <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages?
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:35:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16aa3ac7533.127933e7726686.3520523411469433523@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2fbde9f3-9be4-b03e-162d-3872bb632c56@riseup.net>
---- On Fri, 10 May 2019 12:40:10 -0500 swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> wrote ----
> On 2019-05-10 17:59, sirgazil wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I see that there is "guix package --manifest FILE", but running this command will create a generation with only those packages specified in FILE. Packages installed previous to running this command are removed. Is there any way to tell Guix to create a generation that is the aggregate of the packages installed in the current generation and the packages specified in the manifest file?
>
> Not to my knowledge. This is by design.
>
> Choose either when managing your profile or use different profiles perhaps.
Sounds complicated, but could you point me to the manual section(s) that talk about this? I don't see much general information about manipulating profiles in the manual (I'm using the Concept index).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-10 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-10 15:59 How do I install packages from a file without removing currently installed packages? sirgazil
2019-05-10 17:42 ` swedebugia
2019-05-10 21:35 ` sirgazil [this message]
2019-05-10 20:49 ` ison
2019-05-10 21:29 ` sirgazil
2019-05-11 8:30 ` Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-05-11 8:55 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-05-11 15:55 ` sirgazil
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