From: Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>
To: Benjamin Slade <beoram@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How should I install non-guix software?
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 15:42:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180807154251.a3rbvfenyhksomjd@abyayala> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878t5itcfd.fsf@jnanam.net>
Benjamin Slade transcribed 807 bytes:
> I'm still getting to grips with Guix, so a fairly basic question which
> seems connected: how do I execute a binary? So for instance, I can
> download a precompiled binary for the kitty terminal app:
> https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html
>
> But when I try to execute it in Guix, I get the message:
> "./kitty: No such file or directory"
>
> I tried symlinking /bin/bash and /usr/bin/env, but this didn't help.
>
> I'm sure something in the manual or this thread probably answers this,
> but I often find I can generalise from concrete examples better than vice-versa.
>
> --
> Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz
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>
In this case you have to use patchelf, and use the conventional Unix
tools to figure out what's missing in rpath and interpreter.
As far as I can guess.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-07 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-05 1:45 How should I install non-guix software? Luther Thompson
2018-08-05 4:48 ` Chris Marusich
2018-08-05 8:58 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-08-07 15:38 ` Benjamin Slade
2018-08-07 15:42 ` Nils Gillmann [this message]
2018-08-07 17:11 ` Pierre Neidhardt
[not found] ` <20180807170728.GB917@jasmine.lan>
2018-08-07 17:22 ` Benjamin Slade
2018-08-13 0:53 ` Luther Thompson
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