Install AppImage and o such likes.

Install AppImage and o such likes.

[wisdomlight--- via]

Is it possible to install packages not from the Guix repository?

I’d appreciate a link to the relevant online information.
I’ll try working it out on my own.
🤞

Thanks.

Sherab

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Re: Install AppImage and o such likes.

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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I think Guix has flatpak, you could try that.

However that's somewhat defeating the point of using Guix.  The proper
way to install packages not in the official repo is to use channels:

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Channels.html#Channels

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Re: Install AppImage and o such likes.

[zimoun]

Hi Sherab,

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 17:57, wisdomlight--- via <help-guix@gnu.org> wrote:


> Is it possible to install packages not from the Guix repository?
>

What do you mean by "install packages not from Guix repository"?

If you mean packages not packaged in Guix, give a look to Channels [1].
If you mean install binaries not coming from the Guix build farm, you can
turn off the substitutes and re-compile everything yourself (then
challenge). See [2] and [3].


[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Channels.html#Channels
[2] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Substitutes.html#Substitutes
[3]
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-challenge.html#Invoking-guix-challenge


Hope that helps.

All the best,
simon