From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Install new package in current generation? Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 17:41:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87k1ruwfa6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87muwrurnq.fsf@gmail.com> <87efi3nd04.fsf@elephly.net> <871se24yi1.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37137) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLVtL-0002ie-EF for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2018 11:41:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fLVtG-0008TO-IR for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2018 11:41:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871se24yi1.fsf@gmail.com> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Wed, 23 May 2018 09:33:42 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Pierre Neidhardt skribis: >>> guix package -i PACKAGE # -> creating new generation >>> guix package -d # remove all generations, except current >>> guix gc > > Technically you don't need to always call `guix gc`. Indeed, just run it when you need more disk space. On some machines I have =E2=80=9Cguix gc -F100G=E2=80=9D run periodically, which ensures that = 100G of disk is available. Ludo=E2=80=99.