Hi, thanks for your help. I tested, tried and used AFAIU you the old version of Musescore, but it wanted to build Musescore 4, which I saw only at the end. but it failed: gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix time-machine --commit=6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4 -- shell musescore Kanal „guix“ wird vom Git-Repository auf „https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git“ aktualisiert … substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://ci.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://ci.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://ci.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 100.0% /gnu/store/0y3w5sly6rw9yc0shqvyzkl8vjgr9gdf-module-import.drv wird erstellt … /gnu/store/whpg974y1nj7j1gddhfg0b15k4xpvx9n-module-import.drv wird erstellt … /gnu/store/nq8vmvriv2h095apywf8k4bb4z0jjpih-module-import-compiled.drv wird erstellt … /gnu/store/6qd26vdgd11vjlv0lqp7h5z814qc82yi-module-import-compiled.drv wird erstellt … /gnu/store/mi4klx1g21qwa4i5kjah6gbavncjgpm0-compute-guix-derivation.drv wird erstellt … Computing Guix derivation for 'x86_64-linux'... / substitute: Liste der Substitute von „https://ci.guix.gnu.org“ wird aktualisiert … 0.0%Backtrace: substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: substitute: 1752:10 17 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) substitute: In unknown file: substitute: 16 (apply-smob/0 #) substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: substitute: 724:2 15 (call-with-prompt _ _ #) substitute: In ice-9/eval.scm: substitute: 619:8 14 (_ #(#(#))) substitute: In guix/ui.scm: substitute: 2279:7 13 (run-guix . _) substitute: 2242:10 12 (run-guix-command _ . _) substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: substitute: 1752:10 11 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) substitute: 1752:10 10 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) substitute: In guix/scripts/substitute.scm: substitute: 844:18 9 (_) substitute: 348:26 8 (process-query # _ #:cache-urls _ #:acl _) substitute: In guix/substitutes.scm: substitute: 382:27 7 (lookup-narinfos/diverse _ _ # …) substitute: 339:31 6 (lookup-narinfos _ _ #:open-connection _ # _) substitute: 262:26 5 (fetch-narinfos _ _ #:open-connection _ # _) substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm: substitute: 1685:16 4 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) substitute: 1685:16 3 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) substitute: 1780:13 2 (_ #<&compound-exception components: (#<&error> #<&orig…>) substitute: 1685:16 1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) substitute: 1685:16 0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) substitute: substitute: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception: substitute: In procedure write_wait_fd: unimplemented guix time-machine: Fehler: `/gnu/store/nn61n9c91vvxf95fs5n3ldxqf3klnsgf-guix-1.4.0-4.01fd830/bin/guix substitute' died unexpectedly Kind regards Gottfried Am 19.03.23 um 16:06 schrieb Martin Castillo: > Hi, > > Am 19.03.23 um 13:15 schrieb Gottfried: >> Hi, >> >> thanks for trying... >> >> I copied the >> "Commit 6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4" >> into my musik.scm: >> .................................................................. >> ;; Manifest Musik Programme >> (use-modules (gnu packages music) >>               (guix packages)) >> >> (define musescore-3.6.2 >>    (package >>      (inherit musescore) >>      (version "3.6.2") >>      (Commit 6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4))) >> >> ;; combine both manifest lists: >> (concatenate-manifests >>    (list >>      (packages->manifest (list musescore-3.6.2)) >> (specifications->manifest '("ardour" "audacious" "audacity" "obs" >> "vlc")))) >> >> ......................................................................... >> and I had a go >> I got this message: >> >> gfp@Tuxedo ~$ guix package -p /home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/guix-profil -m >> /home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/musik.scm >> /home/gfp/Projekte/Musik/musik.scm:6:2: Fehler: (package (inherit >> musescore) (version "3.6.2") (Commit >> #{6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4}#)): extraneous field >> initializers (Commit) >> >> ..................................................................... >> So I have to add it somewhere else... > > The commits I mentioned are from guix, not from the musescore project. > You put it in the musescore definition, so guix downloaded musescore and > tried to switch to that commit/version of musescore. But it is not a > commit of musecore, so that is indeed the wrong place. > > (And the (commit ) field belongs inside an (origin ) field...) > > So my original suggestion was to copy the musescore package definition > from one of those commits from the guix project > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/music.scm?id=6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4#n4860 > > and hope that all dependencies of that package definition are still > valid and compatible in the current guix. You might need to copy some of > the use-modules lines at the top of the linked file into your manifest. > > But I just had another idea: We want to install software from an older > guix version: That's what guix time-machine is for! > guix time-machine --commit=6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4 -- > package -m manifest.scm -p /Pfad/zu/Musik/Musik > or to test it first: > guix time-machine --commit=6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4 -- > shell musescore > > I tried it with the newer commit > ced3be2b562866b82f97a530cd66610c84c381f7 to get musescore with newer > dependencies. (That commit is the parent of > 9f93bcd1862c76d7ff30da6f712c9bd2912b8346, which changed to musescore 4.0.): > guix time-machine --commit=ced3be2b562866b82f97a530cd66610c84c381f7 -- > shell musescore > > The first time time-machine failed to build the older version of guix. > It used up to much ram and was killed by the OOM-killer. (I'm using it > inside a vm.) Otherwise it should work. > > A downside of this approach is that you cannot mix the older musescore > with the newer versions of vlc etc in the same profile. > > > > Martin >> >> kind regards >> >> Gottfried >> >> >>> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:44:08 +0100 >>> From: Martin Castillo >>> To: help-guix@gnu.org >>> Subject: Re: creating a manifest >>> Message-ID: >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >>> >>> I noticed an error. >>> >>>> >>>> For that you need to instead create a new package definition for >>>> musescore version 3.6.2. The info page gives you an example, which you >>>> just adjust. Using guix edit musescore you see how musescore is >>>> defined. >>>> You can notice, there is a version field. So lets create a new package >>>> with adjusted version: >>>> >>>> (define musescore-3.6.2 >>>>     (package >>>>       (inherit musescore) >>>>       (version "3.6.2"))) >>>> >>>> ;; We create this manifest from a _package_, and not from a >>>> ;; _specification_ (which is just something like a string "musescore") >>>> (packages->manifest (list musescore-3.6.2)) >>>> >>> >>> While building guix says it's downloading musescore-4.0.1. Maybe it >>> switches to the respective branch before building. >>> >>> I even tried explicitly writing the origin entry of >>> (define musescore-3.6.2 >>>     (package >>> >>>       (inherit musescore) >>> >>>       (version "3.6.2") >>>       (source >>>        (origin >>>          (method git-fetch) >>>          (uri (git-reference >>>                (url "https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore") >>>                (commit (string-append "v" "3.6.2")))) >>>          (file-name (git-file-name "musescore" "3.6.2")) >>>          (sha256 >>>           (base32 >>> "0x2aahpbvss3sjydcq6xdh198fmslgypixmd2gckfwjqzady662y")) >>>          (modules '((guix build utils))) >>>          (snippet >>>           '(begin >>>              ;; Remove unused libraries... >>>              (for-each delete-file-recursively >>>                        '("thirdparty/freetype")) >>>              ;; ... and precompiled binaries. >>>              (delete-file-recursively >>> "src/diagnostics/crashpad_handler") >>>              (substitute* "src/diagnostics/CMakeLists.txt" >>>                (("install") "#install")))))))) >>> >>> guix shell -m manifest.scm still says 4.0.1 and executing mscore fails: >>> [env]$ mscore --version >>> QEventLoop: Cannot be used without QApplication >>> QEventLoop: Cannot be used without QApplication >>> qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display >>> qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even >>> though it was found. >>> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be >>> initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. >>> >>> Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, >>> offscreen, vnc, xcb. >>> >>> Abgebrochen >>> >>> So seems like in this case it's not so easy. (Well the current guix >>> packaged version is 4.0.1 so a major version change happened.) >>> >>> One could try using the older package definition, which is available in >>> the git history of guix. Commit 6a54715988aee884bbb5f81e1b718a27ff771ec4 >>> is the newest change to musescore with 3.6.2. >>> 9f93bcd1862c76d7ff30da6f712c9bd2912b8346 switched to 4.0. So it's parent >>> commit should have the newest dependencies which might work with current >>> guix. >>> I don't have time right now, but you might want to copy such an older >>> package definition into your manifest.scm >>> >>> Martin >> --