* Prerequesits GuixSD
@ 2015-05-18 12:23 Fabian Boucsein
2015-05-19 8:55 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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From: Fabian Boucsein @ 2015-05-18 12:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
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Hello Guix developer,
i came across Ludovics Fosdem talk and was instantly
fascinated. This led to a strong "WANT TO TRY NOW".
But the system build broke. I used a Lenovo T60 with
just 1GB RAM. What hardware do i need to build a Guix
system? I used the very tiny system configuration that
i found on the installer USB with slight changes.
Since i am living in germany i wanted to use de_DE but
this was not possible.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Cheers,
Fabian
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* Re: Prerequesits GuixSD
2015-05-18 12:23 Prerequesits GuixSD Fabian Boucsein
@ 2015-05-19 8:55 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2015-05-19 10:06 ` Amirouche BOUBEKKI
2015-05-19 14:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2015-05-19 8:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fabian Boucsein; +Cc: guix-devel
Hi Fabian,
> But the system build broke.
What exactly does this mean?
> I used a Lenovo T60 with just 1GB RAM. What hardware do i need to
> build a Guix system? I used the very tiny system configuration that i
> found on the installer USB with slight changes.
I use the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) on both a T60 and an X200s.
I did *not* compile everything from scratch but used binary substitutes
for the vast majority of packages.
Unless you *want* to build *everything* from scratch, be sure to enable
binary substitutes by authorising the build farm hydra.gnu.org with:
guix import --authorize < /path/to/hydras.public.key
> Since i am living in germany i wanted to use de_DE but this was not
> possible.
You can most definitely use a different locale, but you will have to
install the glibc-locales package or else applications won't be able to
find the appropriate strings.
~~ Ricardo
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* Re: Prerequesits GuixSD
2015-05-19 8:55 ` Ricardo Wurmus
@ 2015-05-19 10:06 ` Amirouche BOUBEKKI
2015-05-24 18:39 ` Adam Pribyl
2015-05-19 14:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Amirouche BOUBEKKI @ 2015-05-19 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: guix-devel
Le mardi 19 mai 2015 à 10:55 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus a écrit :
> Hi Fabian,
>
> > But the system build broke.
>
> What exactly does this mean?
>
> > I used a Lenovo T60 with just 1GB RAM. What hardware do i need to
> > build a Guix system? I used the very tiny system configuration that i
> > found on the installer USB with slight changes.
>
> I use the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) on both a T60 and an X200s.
> I did *not* compile everything from scratch but used binary substitutes
> for the vast majority of packages.
Here on a glublub X60 it installed correctly with substitues. There is
XFCE and WM maker as WM. And it works quiet good as second workstation.
GSD hasn't yet, all the s/spies/daemons that other distros can have ;)
>
> Unless you *want* to build *everything* from scratch, be sure to enable
> binary substitutes by authorising the build farm hydra.gnu.org with:
>
> guix import --authorize < /path/to/hydras.public.key
>
> > Since i am living in germany i wanted to use de_DE but this was not
> > possible.
>
> You can most definitely use a different locale, but you will have to
> install the glibc-locales package or else applications won't be able to
> find the appropriate strings.
>
> ~~ Ricardo
>
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* Re: Prerequesits GuixSD
2015-05-19 10:06 ` Amirouche BOUBEKKI
@ 2015-05-24 18:39 ` Adam Pribyl
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From: Adam Pribyl @ 2015-05-24 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: guix-devel
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On Tue, 19 May 2015, Amirouche BOUBEKKI wrote:
> Le mardi 19 mai 2015 à 10:55 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus a écrit :
>> Hi Fabian,
>>
>>> But the system build broke.
>>
>> What exactly does this mean?
>>
>>> I used a Lenovo T60 with just 1GB RAM. What hardware do i need to
>>> build a Guix system? I used the very tiny system configuration that i
>>> found on the installer USB with slight changes.
>>
>> I use the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) on both a T60 and an X200s.
>> I did *not* compile everything from scratch but used binary substitutes
>> for the vast majority of packages.
>
> Here on a glublub X60 it installed correctly with substitues. There is
> XFCE and WM maker as WM. And it works quiet good as second workstation.
> GSD hasn't yet, all the s/spies/daemons that other distros can have ;)
This is it, with substitutes, it works, even on 1GB of RAM. But as soon as
you want to compile, then 1GB of RAM is not enought. I even used 1GB swap
and still no go.
The question is something I am interest in too - what is the minimum to
compile the guix(SD)? Does anybody know?
>> ~~ Ricardo
Adam Pribyl
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* Re: Prerequesits GuixSD
2015-05-19 8:55 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2015-05-19 10:06 ` Amirouche BOUBEKKI
@ 2015-05-19 14:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2015-05-19 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ricardo Wurmus; +Cc: guix-devel
Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> skribis:
> Unless you *want* to build *everything* from scratch, be sure to enable
> binary substitutes by authorising the build farm hydra.gnu.org with:
>
> guix import --authorize < /path/to/hydras.public.key
Note that this is the default on GuixSD.
>> Since i am living in germany i wanted to use de_DE but this was not
>> possible.
>
> You can most definitely use a different locale, but you will have to
> install the glibc-locales package or else applications won't be able to
> find the appropriate strings.
On GuixSD, installing ‘glibc-locales’ is unnecessary. Instead, the
admin should set the ‘locale’ field of the ‘operating-system’
declaration (see
<http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Locales.html>.)
Here, it should be enough to do:
(operating-system
;; ...
(locale "de_DE.utf8"))
HTH,
Ludo’.
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