From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there a beginner's guide to using Guix with Scheme files?
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:13:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87poto9sl9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXT+RMOC4BbE+8zcR5Mcac+Gay-x6pJrrqniHfe41LgW9kqKQ@mail.gmail.com> (Zachary Kanfer's message of "Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:15:12 -0400")
Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com> skribis:
> I recently installed Guix, and I must admit I'm feeling somewhat lost. My
> goal is to not run `guix package -i` manually, but have a scheme file with
> my entire system configuration in it, and run `guix package -f
> /path/to/that/file` to install the programs I want on my computer.
I think you’re looking for ‘--manifest’ rather than ‘-f’:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#profile_002dmanifest
That probably explains why the rest of the documentation you looked at
felt inappropriate. :-)
HTH,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-17 15:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-17 4:15 Is there a beginner's guide to using Guix with Scheme files? Zachary Kanfer
2016-04-17 13:52 ` Catonano
2016-04-18 4:06 ` Zachary Kanfer
2016-04-17 15:13 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-04-18 4:19 ` Zachary Kanfer
2016-04-18 7:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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