Initiating Guix System on Foriegn Distro

Initiating Guix System on Foriegn Distro

[Katarina Rostova]

Hi,

I was wondering if I can do `guix system init` with guix installed on top off a foreign distro?

Katarina.

Re: Initiating Guix System on Foriegn Distro

[Julien Lepiller]

It is possible, but it will replace your current distro with Guix System. You might have troubles booting, I tgink you also need to make sure /etc is empty (but exists) before rebooting. "mv /etc{,.bak} && mkdir /etc" should do it, without destroying existing data in case you want to go back to the previous distso.

Use at your own risks :)

Le 7 avril 2021 03:14:27 GMT-04:00, Katarina Rostova <rostovakatarina@protonmail.com> a écrit :
>Hi,
>
>I was wondering if I can do `guix system init` with guix installed on
>top off a foreign distro?
>
>Katarina.

Initiating Guix System on Foriegn Distro

[Katarina Rostova]

Hi,

I was wondering if I can do `guix system init` with guix installed on top off a foreign distro?

Katarina.

Re: Initiating Guix System on Foriegn Distro

[Joshua Branson]

Katarina Rostova <rostovakatarina@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if I can do `guix system init` with guix installed on top off a foreign distro?
>
> Katarina.

Hey Katarina!  You've got a great first name!

Actually I think you can do 'guix system reconfigure config.scm' on top
of a foreign distro.  That's how some people initially guix system-ized
digital ocean droplets.  :)

You might want to double check on #guix in irc if that's correct
though...I sometimes make mistakes.  :)

Also, any help questions are best sent to help-guix@gnu.org.

Welcome to the guix family!

Joshua

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