From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Caleb Herbert <csh@bluehome.net>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Application Setup on Trisquel
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:16:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873768nt5e.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1508868738.10767@bluehome.net> (Caleb Herbert's message of "Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:12:18 -0700 (PDT)")
Hi Caleb,
"Caleb Herbert" <csh@bluehome.net> skribis:
> Questions for Section 2.6.2 Name Service Switch
>
> * How do I run ncsd on Trisquel?
> * Should I get ncsd from APT or Guix?
You should get nscd from Trisquel, in its ‘nscd’ package. You’ll have
more success asking Trisquel questions on Trisquel fora though. :-)
> * How do I make sure ncsd is "listening on the /var/run/nscd/socket
> socket"?
You could run “lsof | grep nscd”, but it’s likely to be the case once
nscd running.
> Questions for Section 2.6.3 X11 Fonts
>
> * Trisquel does not have xset
It surely has a package for it.
> * Should I get xset from APT or Guix?
Either way is fine.
> Setting Environment Variables
>
> The manual instructs users on foreign distros to export environment
> variables. Doing this in the shell makes the changes temporary.
> Where should these changes be made permanent? (It is bad practice to
> put environment variables in .bashrc.)
/etc/profile would be the right place.
> Integration with Trisquel
>
> Is there a way to make Trisquel's GNOME and its main menu aware of
> programs installed with Guix?
It should be possible, but I don’t know how. Anyone?
> When to Use APT
>
> Which of the following should be installed by Guix, and which should
> be installed by APT? Is there a way to install everything with Guix?
> Packages marked with * indicate that APT may be needed for
> integration with the foreign system.
In general, you can install everything with Guix. However, for system
services (nscd, sshd, etc.), you’ll usually want to use apt-get because
that’ll not only install the package but also add the relevant service
startup scripts.
HTH!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-24 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-24 18:12 Application Setup on Trisquel Caleb Herbert
2017-10-24 21:16 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2017-10-24 22:04 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-10-26 17:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-10-27 1:02 ` Chris Marusich
2017-10-24 23:33 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-10-24 23:44 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-10-26 17:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-10-26 20:05 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-10-25 0:36 ` Mikhail Kryshen
2017-10-26 17:53 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-10-27 3:29 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-11-08 6:39 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-11-09 21:05 ` Chris Marusich
2017-11-10 21:29 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-11-12 14:55 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2017-11-12 17:09 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2017-11-12 13:02 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2017-11-02 2:59 ` Mark H Weaver
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