Re: define PATH and PROFILE

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>]

Hi,

good to know that Tobias! I remember I did have to do stuff with the
locales some time ago, so perhaps that is how I started messing around
with stuff. Another part is trying to modularize profiles and making
their programs available on the PATH. Also there was something about
using Guix installed LyX with manually installed (not system package
manager, not Guix, but downloaded tlmgr) complete TeXLive distribution.
Oh, and I am on foreign distro. I should have mentioned that before, I
think. Ooops. ^^'

Anyway, next system I set up, I will try, whether I can get by without
setting anything at all ;-)

祝好, regards,
Zelphir

On 1/4/21 6:56 PM, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> Hi Zelphir, Christophe,
>
> Zelphir Kaltstahl 写道：
>> Some time ago I created this:
>> https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/guix-package-manager-tutorials/src/33f519f2517685106b71399993a7da94cad84d3b/dot-profile-file.org
>>
>
> Thanks for sharing!
>
> Not directly related, but I just want to point out that you shouldn't
> ‘need’ any of it just to make Guix go.
>
> Editing ~/.profile isn't a routine thing on a routine Guix
> installation, although for some reason some people believe otherwise. 
> I'm not sure why.  Adding magic incantations to it can cause
> hard-to-diagnose bugs, even long after the fact.  's Why it triggers
> me so; forgive me :-)
>
> If Guix or its packages don't work without them, and you're not
> customising things like Zelphir, please pop in and tell us.  Only add
> things to ~/.profile that are somehow ‘personal’, and that you
> understand.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R