From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Guix - installation script Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 08:15:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20171002061524.GA8656@thebird.nl> References: <20170825193351.110a5221@cbaines.net> <878ti6a3lf.fsf@gnu.org> <20170827233617.50a21464@cbaines.net> <20170902170422.080d3e95@cbaines.net> <20170907192549.6eda6535@cbaines.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55546) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyu2B-00028R-SQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:16:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyu28-0007MH-MH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:16:55 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([95.154.246.10]:50953) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyu28-0007Le-Fy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:16:52 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170907192549.6eda6535@cbaines.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Christopher Baines Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Hellseher A script that would install the binary install package of Guix would be very useful. It should unpack the tarball into /gnu/store and /var/guix (checking nothing is there), set the keys and (optionally) the build users. Ideally we should have: wget install.sh sudo sh install.sh - fetchin' guix... - unpacking guix... - installing guix... - fetching keys... - set build users... - running guix pull... guix package -i hello (binary installs...) They keys of main substitute servers should just work. I just went through helping someone install Guix remotely and it is *too* painful. He is an experienced devop(!) It took hours, mostly because he forgot to set the keys correctly (Guix gives no proper feedback). With immediate gratification people can install software - including mine - and get into Guix itself later. Nix used to have such an installer - it was quite good. It even had the one-click installer. The install.sh file can actually include the tarball - as one download. Pj.