From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal? Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:11:01 -0400 Message-ID: <20170710191101.GA21779@jasmine.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39461) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUe5Z-0004tP-6f for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:11:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUe5W-0002LZ-22 for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:11:21 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:43979) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUe5V-0002LG-T4 for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:11:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Niall Dooley Cc: help-guix --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 07:52:46PM +0100, Niall Dooley wrote: > I'm a user of Guix but not GuixSD. Some time ago I installed Guix followi= ng > the instructions in the manual and since then have installed a total of 16 > packages. I'm raising this query to better understand why it takes so lon= g for > me to install any one package. >=20 > Is this a consequence of my machine being old - it's a refurbished (Libre= boot) > ThinkPad X60s running Trisquel 7 with 2.9 GiB memory with a 120 GB SSD? >=20 > Is it just simple a consequence of functional package management - as bas= ed > purely on my experience this will be a considerable deterrant to most use= rs > despite the obvious advantages that come with functional package manageme= nt > systems in general and Guix in particular? >=20 > Perhaps, it's user error (would be the first time) and there is a step > I missed that > would avoid these long package installation times? Could you give more detail? For example, what version of Guix are you using (guix --version)? What command did you run? How long did it take? What was it doing (compiling, downloading, seemingly nothing, etc)? --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAllj0UEACgkQJkb6MLrK fwgBARAA6SWtA7eJxNI/bADrbgpx3NFpL/3RKza9oYlcDt8RI9dXegKPT0QLPQ7w /H0GfhTJyu90pdBceGWmaxZ46VQtT5W/+Wq9tmhKJGZWpx+PLlu5fE1hJ7Ndz/ro 1+bxuOEPY39BxQ2dPFsIrw2BtYNQWi9yRubIihGO6qxN/+EbjaErhGUKbBVA0+RQ eL4fnRcD+fuC4QOcSCSPIBzvIrBJ/+yDebreoX8+VAZGlnAYFioVbNrKrbBtI0yo DDCqNH1fhxg+V2ivAdgpga9Nw45jXqAOpkNVlKhXi62Fz8J93ml5BwXyXYULxdNN dF5IEjXZid1lhAl76EW6uBXCV3hyzEAP1+2YBvIdZZTHav/9DL/1ia35pE8FszbR D4aUpIy0/xpRcU9zlZyl9pxS440Mo5iMerb3J60C/Nophf7lbnoap2v13VWOv3Ew w/J0UIkhsC9JXNBUGkweAfrdq0R+n11zNMfNKFSTsaLP2pO4t87We0zUgXS4I+8D pzxqoyGXVmVQbx3ko1OYbjIyWePjgKark98vz1CQLXN96YX5flWVN+nkO5dwfkdm jkWlZbsRPE7rYPFXR7Afy/2/ktCruFl7FWvo8EGyayPAgq8gPS8s7iTupJzno468 VDy7IRj0/EC2UJpfTGH6vEXsUbge3tMUql6tbb6hkFRSCS3qxh8= =c1FP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g--