* How do I remove profiles?
@ 2020-02-05 0:00 sirgazil
2020-02-05 9:05 ` mlell
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From: sirgazil @ 2020-02-05 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Guix Help
Hi,
I've been playing with profiles after reading the "Guix Profiles in Practice" recipe¹ and created some that I don't really need. What would be the appropriate way to remove them so that nothing related to them is left around?
For example, I have:
$ guix package --list-profiles
/home/sirgazil/.devenvs/my-project/my-project
/home/sirgazil/.devenvs/project-a/project-a
/home/sirgazil/.config/guix/current
/home/sirgazil/.guix-profile
Would just deleting the directories of "my-project" and "project-a" profiles suffice?
Thanks,
1. https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Guix-Profiles-in-Practice.html#Guix-Profiles-in-Practice
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* Re: How do I remove profiles?
2020-02-05 0:00 How do I remove profiles? sirgazil
@ 2020-02-05 9:05 ` mlell
2020-02-05 13:04 ` sirgazil
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: mlell @ 2020-02-05 9:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sirgazil; +Cc: Help-Guix, Guix Help
Hi!
guix gc is responsible for removing unneeded packages. From
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html:
> The garbage collector has a set of known roots: any file under
> /gnu/store reachable from a
> root is considered live and cannot be deleted; any other file is
> considered dead and may
> be deleted. ... the symlinks under /var/guix/gcroots represent these
> GC roots.
My own experience is that guix gc reports and removes dead symlinks in
this directory. So I
guess just remove the symlinks you listed:
> $ guix package --list-profiles
> /home/sirgazil/.devenvs/my-project/my-project
> /home/sirgazil/.devenvs/project-a/project-a
> /home/sirgazil/.config/guix/current
> /home/sirgazil/.guix-profile
>
and then call guix gc.
Cheers,
Moritz
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* Re: How do I remove profiles?
2020-02-05 9:05 ` mlell
@ 2020-02-05 13:04 ` sirgazil
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: sirgazil @ 2020-02-05 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mlell; +Cc: Guix Help, Help-Guix
---- On Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:05:44 -0500 <mlell@posteo.de> wrote ----
> Hi!
>
> guix gc is responsible for removing unneeded packages. From
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html:
>
> > The garbage collector has a set of known roots: any file under
> > /gnu/store reachable from a
> > root is considered live and cannot be deleted; any other file is
> > considered dead and may
> > be deleted. ... the symlinks under /var/guix/gcroots represent these
> > GC roots.
>
> My own experience is that guix gc reports and removes dead symlinks in
> this directory. So I
> guess just remove the symlinks you listed:
>
>
> > $ guix package --list-profiles
> > /home/sirgazil/.devenvs/my-project/my-project
> > /home/sirgazil/.devenvs/project-a/project-a
> > /home/sirgazil/.config/guix/current
> > /home/sirgazil/.guix-profile
> >
>
> and then call guix gc.
Thank you, Moritz. I'll do that then.
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