From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Niall Dooley Subject: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal? Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:52:46 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUdoJ-0000Zz-1r for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:53:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUdoI-0004I3-GW for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:53:31 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::232]:35866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUdoI-0004GE-CA for Help-Guix@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:53:30 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-x232.google.com with SMTP id p21so81895809qke.3 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:53:27 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix I'm a user of Guix but not GuixSD. Some time ago I installed Guix following the instructions in the manual and since then have installed a total of 16 packages. I'm raising this query to better understand why it takes so long for me to install any one package. Is this a consequence of my machine being old - it's a refurbished (Libreboot) ThinkPad X60s running Trisquel 7 with 2.9 GiB memory with a 120 GB SSD? Is it just simple a consequence of functional package management - as based purely on my experience this will be a considerable deterrant to most users despite the obvious advantages that come with functional package management systems in general and Guix in particular? Perhaps, it's user error (would be the first time) and there is a step I missed that would avoid these long package installation times? Thanks for Guix and your time.