From: Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@disroot.org>
To: Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: installing a package not from GNU
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:52:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wnhc2qaa.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ec9b0dce-272e-276e-5dbf-44bf1ef6764a@posteo.de>
Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> I wanted to install a package "gtkhash" which I could not find in GNU
> packages.
> How can I install it?
> After downloading it and trying to install it, it said: unknown package
>
> guix install gtkhash-1.4
> guix install: Fehler: gtkhash-1.4: Unbekanntes Paket
>
>
> What to do, if I don´t find a package in GNU and I would like to install it?
You need to create a Guix package definition for the package you want to
install. Assuming you have placed your definition in a file called
gtkhash.scm, you can install it with this command:
guix package -f gtkhash.scm
See the Guix manual for instructions on how to write a package definition.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-02 18:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-23 18:52 installing a package not from GNU Gottfried
2022-02-23 22:36 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2022-02-24 17:09 ` Gottfried
2022-03-02 17:52 ` Gary Johnson [this message]
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