* How to back out of an root emacs install
@ 2016-01-28 4:06 myglc2
2016-01-28 14:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: myglc2 @ 2016-01-28 4:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
Hi guix users...
I installed guixSD on a headless server by cloning bare-bones.scm into
/etc/config.scm. Then I tried typing ...
emacs
... and ... duh ... no dice.
FWIW, I was expecting emacs to be in %base-packages.
Anyway... next I did ...
guix -i emacs
... as root.
Now I want to edit /etc/config.scm and add emacs and maybe other cool
stuff I just read about in the guix INFO.
Can I do that from my root emacs install?
Or do I have to uninstall emacs and use zile to edit config.scm?
Or is there another way, grasshopper?
Also, is the keymap that I hacked and stored in /root safe, or might it
disappear if I roll back or uninstall?
Thanks! - george
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* Re: How to back out of an root emacs install
2016-01-28 4:06 How to back out of an root emacs install myglc2
@ 2016-01-28 14:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-29 2:56 ` myglc2
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-01-28 14:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: myglc2; +Cc: help-guix
myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> skribis:
> Now I want to edit /etc/config.scm and add emacs and maybe other cool
> stuff I just read about in the guix INFO.
>
> Can I do that from my root emacs install?
Sure.
> Or do I have to uninstall emacs and use zile to edit config.scm?
No.
> Or is there another way, grasshopper?
>
> Also, is the keymap that I hacked and stored in /root safe, or might it
> disappear if I roll back or uninstall?
It’s safe! User home directories are not touched by GuixSD.
HTH, :-)
Ludo’.
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* Re: How to back out of an root emacs install
2016-01-28 14:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2016-01-29 2:56 ` myglc2
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: myglc2 @ 2016-01-29 2:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: help-guix
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Now I want to edit /etc/config.scm and add emacs and maybe other cool
>> stuff I just read about in the guix INFO.
>>
>> Can I do that from my root emacs install?
>
> Sure.
>
>> Or do I have to uninstall emacs and use zile to edit config.scm?
>
> No.
>
>> Or is there another way, grasshopper?
>>
>> Also, is the keymap that I hacked and stored in /root safe, or might it
>> disappear if I roll back or uninstall?
>
> It’s safe! User home directories are not touched by GuixSD.
>
> HTH, :-)
> Ludo’.
OK, I tried this today and it worked great. thank you! Great stuff!
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