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Re: Is there a beginner's guide to using Guix with Scheme files?


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: Is there a beginner's guide to using Guix with Scheme files?
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:13:06 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Zachary Kanfer <address@hidden> skribis:

> I recently installed Guix, and I must admit I'm feeling somewhat lost. My
> goal is to not run `guix package -i` manually, but have a scheme file with
> my entire system configuration in it, and run `guix package -f
> /path/to/that/file` to install the programs I want on my computer.

I think you’re looking for ‘--manifest’ rather than ‘-f’:

  
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#profile_002dmanifest

That probably explains why the rest of the documentation you looked at
felt inappropriate.  :-)

HTH,
Ludo’.



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