From: Rodrigo Morales <moralesrodrigo1100@gmail.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Newbie: How to define a package that install files to ~/.config?
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:02:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGxMbPZ50gkRKByXgMx-asnySXGPLgTppcsjMC+VUdkKfLPgXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Table of Contents
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1. What I'm trying to do
2. What I've tried
3. The problem
4. The question
Newbie: How to define a package that creates files in ~/.config?
1 What I'm trying to do
=======================
I want to define a package that downloads a file from a git repository
and puts the file under a directory in `~/.config/' (specifically,
`~/.config/ibus/rime/')
2 What I've tried
=================
I've defined a module containing the definition of a package that
tries to accomplish that goal. It uses `install-file' to copy the
downloaded files to the desired location (please see code block below)
,----
| cat ~/my/packages/rime.scm
`----
,----
| (define-module (rime)
| #:use-module (guix licenses)
| #:use-module (guix packages)
| #:use-module (guix gexp)
| #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
| #:use-module (guix git-download))
|
| (define-public rime-wubi
| (package
| (name "rime-wubi")
| (version "1.0")
| (source (origin
| (method git-fetch)
| (uri (git-reference
| (url "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi")
| (commit "f1876f08f1d4a9696395be0070c0e8e4353c44cb")))
| (file-name (git-file-name name version))
| (sha256
| (base32
| "1d9y9rqssacria9d0hla96czsqv2wkfm6z926m1x269ryv96zxvk"))))
| (build-system trivial-build-system)
| (arguments
| (list
| #:modules `((guix build utils))
| #:builder
| #~(begin
| (use-modules (guix build utils))
| (chdir (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source"))
| (install-file "wubi86.dict.yaml" (string-append #$output
"/.config/ibus/rime"))
| (install-file "wubi86.schema.yaml" (string-append #$output
"/.config/ibus/rime")))))
| (synopsis "Wubi86 schema and dictionary for RIME")
| (description "This package contains a dictionary and a schema
definition for the 86
| version of Wubi, a shape-based input method for Chinese characters.")
| (home-page "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi")
| (license lgpl3)))
`----
The package is installed without no problems.
,----
| export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH="$HOME/my/packages"
| guix package -i rime-wubi
`----
,----
| The following package will be installed:
| rime-wubi 1.0
|
`----
,----
| echo $?
`----
,----
| 0
`----
3 The problem
=============
However, the files `wubi86.dict.yaml' and `wubi86.schema.yaml' are
installed in `~/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime' (see code block
below)
,----
| find -L /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config
`----
,----
| /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config
| /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus
| /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime
| /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.dict.yaml
| /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.schema.yaml
`----
Those files don't appear in `~/.config/ibus/rime' (the location I want
them to exist in)
,----
| find ~/.config/ibus/rime
`----
,----
| /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime
| /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime/default.custom.yaml
`----
4 The question
==============
How to define a package that install files to any directory under
`~/.config/'?
next reply other threads:[~2023-03-18 5:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-18 5:02 Rodrigo Morales [this message]
2023-03-18 9:31 ` Newbie: How to define a package that install files to ~/.config? Martin Castillo
2023-03-20 7:48 ` Martin Castillo
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