Re: Integrate Guix GUI programs into foreign distro's desktop?

[Bonface M. K.]

Hi Hartmut!

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use a Guix profile containing some GUI programs (esp.
> ungoogle-chromium) as part of my foreign distro's desktop environment.
>

You'd just run "guix install <pkg-name>". FWIW, I
use Guix as my daily driver(but running on
ArchLinux)

> What is the correct way for doing so? What needs to be installed in the
> profile to make this work smoothly?

What I do is to ensure that I have the path to the
Guix binaries configured properly:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
export PATH="$HOME/.config/guix/current/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best to have that as part of your .zshrc or
.bashrc file. So whenever you install the GUI
apps(for example-- in my case-- I use Emacs), your
system first checks for it in your guix path.

HTH!
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