Re: older and newer Versions of IceCat

[Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de>]

Am 23.02.22 um 19:20 schrieb Gottfried:
> 
>  > How do you open it? Via a startmenu or another graphical way?
> 
> to open via startmenu or Alt+F2 or through the graphical way or through 
> the terminal opens always the older version of icecat 91.5
> That's weird. How do you determine the version? Via the graphical info 
menu or on the commandline?
> 
> Can you give us the output of
>  > echo $PATH?
> 
> gfp@Tuxedo ~$ echo $PATH?
> /run/setuid-programs:/home/gfp/.config/guix/current/bin:/home/gfp/.guix-profile/bin:/home/gfp/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/current-system/profile/bin:/run/current-system/profile/sbin? 
> 
What's the output of type -a icecat?

> 
> 
> If I run in root:
> root@Tuxedo ~# guix package --list-installed
> nothing comes up
> 
> gottfried
> 
> 
> 
> Am 22.02.22 um 23:20 schrieb Martin Castillo:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am 22.02.22 um 19:33 schrieb Gottfried:
>>> Hi,
>>> I upgraded my system and IceCat updated to 91.6 but when opening it, 
>>> the version 91.5 opens.
>>
>> How do you open it? Via a startmenu or another graphical way? I use 
>> xfce4-panel, and when I added a firefox starter, it automatically 
>> saved the absolute path to the binary. In guix, this means it will 
>> always point to that one version.
>>
>> What version starts if you launch it from terminal (or Alt+F2)?
>> Can you give us the output of
>> echo $PATH?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In my generations there are + and - listed:
>>>
>>> Generation 33    18. Februar 2022 15:35:27
>>>   + gnucash              4.6                     out 
>>> /gnu/store/lxr7lq0hdwz77a1cisvz5qwkwznwxqkm-gnucash-4.6
>>>   + hpcguix-web          0.2.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/4s9yx1dkmckx4h9zwn64s60npi4b64yg-hpcguix-web-0.2.0
>>>   + icedove              91.6.1                  out 
>>> /gnu/store/przjhqp2bhkisb3c5vn4xrkcwq34slma-icedove-91.6.1
>>>   + claws-mail           4.0.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/q0181iky0bnf1hs9g45v8972kh9swcgv-claws-mail-4.0.0
>>>   + denemo               2.5.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/b63ilh11yy1i8vyfr66rrhdrwykvcd2s-denemo-2.5.0
>>>   + calibre              5.21.0                  out 
>>> /gnu/store/y90mkqib721kh1fr0mhcc3kgarf7yqvd-calibre-5.21.0
>>>   + vlc                  3.0.16                  out 
>>> /gnu/store/6mbhbs0qna8bwrl7458cc5af8rcr6fkl-vlc-3.0.16
>>>   + ungoogled-chromium    98.0.4758.102-1         out 
>>> /gnu/store/zl70ybb266vrwnfhq8d86ml4lvnb3pfy-ungoogled-chromium-98.0.4758.102-1 
>>>
>>>   + icecat               91.6.0-guix0-preview1    out 
>>> /gnu/store/hchyj7faw7f98njsja27i89v3jk7bbqm-icecat-91.6.0-guix0-preview1
>>>   + libreoffice          7.1.4.2                 out 
>>> /gnu/store/xpgm0m6vfhsk813fwvdin6hi49h6bykr-libreoffice-7.1.4.2
>>>   + recutils             1.8                     out 
>>> /gnu/store/0xkqy1cqy3mwxij51fnxr3q1ij0fdmsx-recutils-1.8
>>>   - gnucash              4.6                     out 
>>> /gnu/store/l5blqbqd48pmq9k2dqnryl3f6mxiqhd0-gnucash-4.6
>>>   - hpcguix-web          0.2.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/98bxvpbqw727cglimkg4x4vlxglysp6n-hpcguix-web-0.2.0
>>>   - icedove              91.5                    out 
>>> /gnu/store/rmly36prvd1jaxx91p8h7gwwg3jhdllh-icedove-91.5
>>>   - claws-mail           4.0.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/lrv5i33rdjcliwmg7svclcw855w4yary-claws-mail-4.0.0
>>>   - denemo               2.5.0                   out 
>>> /gnu/store/kh5vz41z5w5n7ixv6n0dwk65f1ibfxmx-denemo-2.5.0
>>>   - calibre              5.21.0                  out 
>>> /gnu/store/nrc8qa4ah9v5lw9vvbr0p9ll10qm06yk-calibre-5.21.0
>>>   - vlc                  3.0.16                  out 
>>> /gnu/store/rgzzv23rwa2g4rfcrig1snpp2mw6x9hq-vlc-3.0.16
>>>   - ungoogled-chromium    97.0.4692.99-1          out 
>>> /gnu/store/3j6x96869ajiglrxhgv2yxrnnmlyvk68-ungoogled-chromium-97.0.4692.99-1 
>>>
>>>   - icecat               91.5.0-guix0-preview1    out 
>>> /gnu/store/r9n91hxqnsfvp5m55s40i3sxf4rpl8c2-icecat-91.5.0-guix0-preview1
>>>   - libreoffice          7.1.4.2                 out 
>>> /gnu/store/kh9dff0ri6768r6msvnm0xajhcds3wzm-libreoffice-7.1.4.2
>>>   - recutils             1.8                     out 
>>> /gnu/store/z53jx3vg2q1cszyakh8mmzrmx1zk4q0g-r
>>>
>>> Did I make a mistake and install packages by chance in root and thatś 
>>> why my versions stay on the installed ones without being able in my 
>>> user account to upgrade to newer versions?
>>>
>> If you run guix pull as your user and not as root, it installs the 
>> programs in your profile.
>> Login as root (sudo -i) and let guix list the installed packages to 
>> see roots packages.
>>
>>
>>> If so, whatś the best way to delete my packages in root, which don´t 
>>> need to be there?, so that, if I upgrade in my user account, the 
>>> packages get updated.
>> $ sudo -i
>> # guix package -r icecat ...
>>
>>>
>>> If there is an other mistake, I would be glad to know what to do.
>>>
>>> gottfried
>>>
>> Martin
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