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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: Can't install gcc
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 21:59:36 +0200
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To: =?utf-8?B?55m944GE54aK?= <help-guix_gnu.org@sumou.com>, help-guix@gnu.org

Hi =E7=99=BD=E3=81=84=E7=86=8A,

=E7=99=BD=E3=81=84=E7=86=8A <help-guix_gnu.org@sumou.com> skriver:

> Why does =E2=80=9Cguix package -i gcc=E2=80=9D give me:
>  guix package: error: gcc: unknown package
>
> I realize about installing gcc-toolchain, but if I just want to install a=
 single arbitrary package?

The 'gcc' package was recently "hidden" so that users don't accidentally
install it when they probably want 'gcc-toolchain'.

If you really want to install it, you can refer to it by the variable
name, like so:

  guix package -e '(@ (gnu packages gcc) gcc-9)'

HTH!
Marius