Re: Installing software inside containers

[Edouard Klein]

Hi !

If you create you containers with guix shell, you can use the --nesting
option, or alternatively, use:

guix shell --container --network --expose=/gnu/ --share=/var/guix/ guix

Maybe similar options with a 'guix system'-generated container would
work.

Alternatively, if your own guix has a non standard configuration, you
can create a profile from outside the container:

guix install --profile=/whatevs some-software

and then, from inside the container, use guix shell --profile=/whatevs

it will make the software available, even if the container's guix has no
knowledge of it.

Cheers,

Edouard.


Wojtek Kosior via <help-guix@gnu.org> writes:

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> Hi Caleb, nice to meet folks from Trisquel forum here :)
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>> Also, how do I map arbitrary directories?  With Podman, I would do
>>
>>      /home/$USER/.container/home/user:/home/user
>
> You can pass `--share="/home/$USER/.container/home/user"=/home/user` :)
>
> I can't help much with nesting Guix in a system container, tho — I'd
> myself like to know if it is supported. I merely recall it's possible
> with `guix shell -C` container. But a simple shell won't do in all
> cases, I know
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> On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:42:28 -0600 Caleb Herbert <csh@bluehome.net> wrote:
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>> Hi Guix,
>>
>> I can't install software inside a Guix System container.  I need this to
>> use Guix Home inside a container.
>>
>> $ guix install hello
>> guix install: error: remounting /gnu/store writable: Operation not permitted
>>
>> Do I need to --share=/gnu/store?
>>
>> I tried sharing a blank ./gnu directory, but it complained that there
>> were no programs to run the system.
>>
>> (Is sharing the host's /gnu/store with a container safe?)
>>
>> I created the container with
>>
>>          guix system container --network --share=home container.scm
>>
>> Also, how do I map arbitrary directories?  With Podman, I would do
>>
>>      /home/$USER/.container/home/user:/home/user
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Caleb
>>
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