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Re: Bootstrapping Guix on HPC without Root
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: Bootstrapping Guix on HPC without Root |
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Date: |
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 10:31:35 +0200 |
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mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.2.1 |
Hi,
> Unfortunately, after fighting through dependency hell and reaching the
> configure step, I've hit another wall that seems to be new territory.
the recommended way to get Guix is to unpack the release tarball, which
comes with a pre-filled /gnu/store.
> Our build server does not have network access […]
How is the build server going to download source tarballs for packages
it needs to build then?
> gnu/packages/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz downloading
> file `gnu/packages/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz' from
> `http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/20170217/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz'...
[…]
> I am wondering if there is a way to pre-download this (and any other)
> requirements before make is run?
These are the bootstrap binaries and you can download them manually on
another machine, and then copy them over.
--
Ricardo
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