Re: Setting up on NixOS

[Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>]

Hey everyone,

After enabling the Guix service in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. Now running
`guix pull`, it seems to chug along and work.

Thanks for the help!

Sincerely,
Marc

Daniel Littlewood <danielittlewood@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi, just pitching in to say: I did exactly this (enable guix from
> NixOS) and can confirm it appears to work.
>
> However, it's only on the latest stable channel (23.11). If you're on
> an old channel, you'll need to upgrade. You can find instructions for
> how to do so in the NixOS docs, or here:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/491727/how-do-i-upgrade-nixos-to-use-a-new-channel-nixos-version
>
> Best wishes,
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 9:41 PM pukkamustard <pukkamustard@posteo.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I think the problems you are encountering must have something to do with
>> build-users not being setup properly.
>>
>> But maybe a easier way of getting Guix on NixOS is to just enable it!
>>
>> Afaik putting
>>
>> ```
>> services.guix.enable = true
>> ```
>>
>> in your NixOS system configuration is all you need (see
>> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/misc/guix/default.nix).
>>
>> -pukkamustard
>>
>> Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space> writes:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm having trouble to run Guix on NixOS. I followed the default
>> > installation binary, and then started the guix-daemon with
>> >
>> >> sudo guix-daemon
>> >
>> > It seems to run without fail:
>> >
>> >> ~ sudo guix-daemon
>> >> [sudo] password for marc:
>> >> warning: daemon is running as root, so using `--build-users-group' is highly recommended
>> >> accepted connection from pid 55185, user marc
>> >
>> > Afterward, In a separate terminal I try to run guix pull:
>> >
>> >> ~ guix pull Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at
>> >> 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...  Authenticating channel
>> >> 'guix', commits 9edb3f6 to 929ddec (21 new commits)...  Building from
>> >> this channel: guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 929ddec
>> >> substitute: guix substitute: warning: ACL for archive imports seems to
>> >> be uninitialized, substitutes may be unavailable substitute: updating
>> >> substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0% substitute:
>> >> updating substitutes from 'https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
>> >> substitute: updating substitutes from
>> >> 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0% substitute: updating substitutes
>> >> from 'https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0% substitute: updating
>> >> substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0% substitute:
>> >> updating substitutes from 'https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
>> >> building
>> >> /gnu/store/4xrbn6wh5m1rpj03zcxb224yzg7nf708-autoconf-2.69.tar.xz.drv...
>> >> \builder for
>> >> `/gnu/store/4xrbn6wh5m1rpj03zcxb224yzg7nf708-autoconf-2.69.tar.xz.drv'
>> >> failed with exit code 1 build of
>> >> /gnu/store/4xrbn6wh5m1rpj03zcxb224yzg7nf708-autoconf-2.69.tar.xz.drv
>> >> failed View build log at
>> >> '/var/log/guix/drvs/4x/rbn6wh5m1rpj03zcxb224yzg7nf708-autoconf-2.69.tar.xz.drv.gz'.
>> >> building
>> >> /gnu/store/br3cg4l213f3frzsynvd8p4qx9v0wxsg-CUnit-2.1-3.tar.bz2.drv...
>> >> cannot build derivation
>> >> `/gnu/store/rqpsl8zg5akw61jg82fgl8y01l91s5yp-autoconf-2.69.drv': 1
>> >> dependencies couldn't be built cannot build derivation
>> >> `/gnu/store/mmvk8r4xl3ylq1c44mj4pwk371fnvl0d-autoconf-wrapper-2.69.drv':
>> >
>> >
>> >> 1 dependencies couldn't be built killing process 55220 building
>> >> /gnu/store/97z4gi6qvqld54c9q5l6bkj33x997c0f-Python-3.5.9.tar.xz.drv...
>> >> cannot build derivation
>> >> `/gnu/store/1xh5b299d09nrpgjpwa0wxpz0fs83d7p-guile-gcrypt-0.3.0.drv': 1
>> >> dependencies couldn't be built killing process 55221 cannot build
>> >> derivation
>> >> `/gnu/store/n3bisdsq2xnkcnmhf972k3gmqpnzv0ng-compute-guix-derivation.drv':
>> >> 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix pull: error: build of
>> >> `/gnu/store/n3bisdsq2xnkcnmhf972k3gmqpnzv0ng-compute-guix-derivation.drv'
>> >> failed
>> >
>> > Any clue what I am missing?
>> >
>> > Thank you so much in advance,
>> > Marc
>>
>>