Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[Joshua Branson]

Hey guix people!

I'm using guix system on a T400.

joshua@dobby ~ (master)> guix describe
Generation 102	Oct 13 2024 09:03:40	(current)
  guix 8f0d761
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 8f0d76152a4496960f4c2ec219839c5a48b0568e

Generation 65	Sep 21 2024 01:44:05	(current)
  file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-65-link
  canonical file name: /gnu/store/xl6w0za0nhkc880y1pnvs01xrcy6cy3w-system
  label: GNU with Linux-Libre 6.9.7
  bootloader: grub
  root device: /dev/mapper/cryptroot
  kernel: /gnu/store/xnimc1w3c2mvhxypx55dvgaqmyrl5dgz-linux-libre-6.9.7/bzImage
  channels:
    nonguix:
      repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
      branch: master
      commit: 831f3ff14260e20d4da31b707515891eeb49e752
    guix:
      repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
      branch: master
      commit: 13f0f52314244f08eb9fdd626d907c0c3976e06a
  configuration file: /gnu/store/vnwxfqllbqx1lmf8zyxaxrbm9p7y34gp-configuration.scm

cat ~/.config/guix/channels.scm
(cons*
       %default-channels)               ;

My system configuration is here:
https://git.sr.ht/~gnucode/guix-config/tree/master/item/bare-bones-sway.scm

I just tried to run guix system reconfigure bare-bone-sway.scm, and this
is some of the output that I got. It's a little too much to paste. It
seems like it's trying to build from source a ton of rust stuff. I get
the same issue if I try to install simple packages. What am I doing
wrong? It shouldn't be this hard to update guix system right?

Thanks,

Joshua


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Re: Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[Aleksej via]

Hi! The output you provided is not very descriptive, at least for me. For long logs you could use pastebin-like sites(e.g. https://paste.debian.net/ )

Try invoking "guix weather" it could help you identify if the problem is actually missing substitutes (see https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-weather.html )

Best regards,
Lesik Edelweiss

Re: Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

Hello Joshua.

Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de> writes:
> I just tried to run guix system reconfigure bare-bone-sway.scm, and this
> is some of the output that I got. It's a little too much to paste. It
> seems like it's trying to build from source a ton of rust stuff. I get
> the same issue if I try to install simple packages. What am I doing
> wrong? It shouldn't be this hard to update guix system right?

I’m guessing this T400 might be installed for i686-linux?

While Sway works fine for 32 bit, rust does not and seatd and greetd
need rust.

Regards,
Florian

Re: Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[jbranso--- via]

Nope.  I'm using 64 bit.  :)  I did delete old package profiles and system configurations followed by a guix gc.

Lots of stuff got deleted.   Maybe that'll help.

I'll probably end up using my own guide to properly update.

https://gnucode.me/guix-deploy-failed-to-update-my-guix-server.html

Joshua


October 14, 2024 at 11:27 AM, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de mailto:pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de?to=%22pelzflorian%20(Florian%20Pelz)%22%20%3Cpelzflorian%40pelzflorian.de%3E > wrote:



> 
> Hello Joshua.
> 
> Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de> writes:
> 
> > 
> > I just tried to run guix system reconfigure bare-bone-sway.scm, and this
> >  is some of the output that I got. It's a little too much to paste. It
> >  seems like it's trying to build from source a ton of rust stuff. I get
> >  the same issue if I try to install simple packages. What am I doing
> >  wrong? It shouldn't be this hard to update guix system right?
> > 
> I’m guessing this T400 might be installed for i686-linux?
> 
> While Sway works fine for 32 bit, rust does not and seatd and greetd
> need rust.
> 
> Regards,
> Florian
>

Re: Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

jbranso@dismail.de writes:
> Nope.  I'm using 64 bit.  :)  I did delete old package profiles and system configurations followed by a guix gc.
>
> Lots of stuff got deleted.   Maybe that'll help.
>

guix gc “should” not make a difference, except sometimes software like
Icecat addons do embed store paths in user profiles.  Then guix gc
breaks these.

> I'll probably end up using my own guide to properly update.
>
> https://gnucode.me/guix-deploy-failed-to-update-my-guix-server.html
>
> Joshua

This “building guix from source” you suggest is a good escape hatch!

Oh yeah, sorry to hear of these troubles.  Old versions of Guix had one
important difference for example: The “builtin:git-download” builtin
builder for git downloads got added into the guix-daemon.  Therefore,
whether a guix-daemon with/without this feature is running changes
the derivation hash, therefore substitutes do not fit anymore.

commit 59587e2fda76c19b424fda9a987ff90d52ef217e
Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 28 10:50:14 2023 +0200

    gnu: guix: Update to d0438fc.
    
    This adds the “builtin:git-download” derivation builder to guix-daemon,
    added in commit 13b0cf85eb31e1b1ea674debbbfb0f35a32d1374.
    
    * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix): Update to d0438fc.

Regards,
Florian

Re: Difficulty updating Guix System or installing packages

[Joshua Branson]

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> writes:

> jbranso@dismail.de writes:
>> Nope.  I'm using 64 bit.  :) I did delete old package profiles and
>> system configurations followed by a guix gc.
>>
>> Lots of stuff got deleted.   Maybe that'll help.
>>
>
> guix gc “should” not make a difference, except sometimes software like
> Icecat addons do embed store paths in user profiles.  Then guix gc
> breaks these.

I think it'll make a difference on my server, where I am also having
issues updating.  / was 99% full.  :)  It also only has 2GB of RAM with
maybe 20GB hard drive.  So it is about the mimimal hardware that guix
system works.  Maybe that's part of my issue.  I could increase the hard
drive size.

My laptop should be easier to update.  8GB of RAM, 1TB SSD.  I'll figure
it out eventually.

>> I'll probably end up using my own guide to properly update.
>>
>> https://gnucode.me/guix-deploy-failed-to-update-my-guix-server.html
>>
>> Joshua
>
> This “building guix from source” you suggest is a good escape hatch!
>
> Oh yeah, sorry to hear of these troubles.  Old versions of Guix had one
> important difference for example: The “builtin:git-download” builtin
> builder for git downloads got added into the guix-daemon.  Therefore,
> whether a guix-daemon with/without this feature is running changes
> the derivation hash, therefore substitutes do not fit anymore.
>
> commit 59587e2fda76c19b424fda9a987ff90d52ef217e
> Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> Date:   Thu Sep 28 10:50:14 2023 +0200
>
>     gnu: guix: Update to d0438fc.
>     
>     This adds the “builtin:git-download” derivation builder to guix-daemon,
>     added in commit 13b0cf85eb31e1b1ea674debbbfb0f35a32d1374.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix): Update to d0438fc.
>
> Regards,
> Florian

Not meant as a criticism to guix...but I actually prefer NOT to use guix
on my librem 5.  apt vs. guix performance is wildly different!  May I
ask why apt is SOOOOOO much faster?

Joshua

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Joshua Branson
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