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/gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10
├── bin
│ └── hello
└── share
├── info
│ └── ...
├── locale
│ └── ...
└── man
└── ...
$ guix build --derivations hello
/gnu/store/1drc59xkcvgdphzgylxm41ln9p5dwbgn-hello-2.10.drv
Derive(
[("out","/gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10","","")],
[("/gnu/store/0gabs9i1zawd406rkkr7l15ifg61s34r-glibc-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1lqw4mz8xzjhnb65kc1nvk8wg39spv5j-hello-2.10.tar.gz.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1vmhamqwgs3qa7rw28am5rm3b9fjs163-file-5.30.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/23h9fzinl5j1s5x7r2i155f1m7ify9wl-ld-wrapper-0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/3li1y3cc8rkr4d0q9h8bkvl4h3macnf6-bash-minimal-4.4.12.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/6y5h0pbqci67ql1ij5crkchjzmxkafbv-gawk-4.1.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/8xmbpyfnh5cdrk9fmx8j67894bq9vl1r-module-import.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/9sahk6fh2p5k631rxl6amx0cd4z8jn0s-diffutils-3.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/cm2f8yxfpy353kxbq5gl7whzvmkl9niv-make-4.2.1.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/fqx5lcb8lhdxkw1dwcgahnqaxgaycgb1-tar-1.29.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/i5fzg4cq88yvl2i7bsnqprzgq494bpdm-patch-2.7.5.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/iwzysdzl3yphqa0c0km8liiimcsrxmvd-glibc-utf8-locales-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/jwsvpyyxkmyg0wk3cic3b9q9wgimphkz-findutils-4.6.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/m5kd44n51ns8zlc8mvii497xc2siydpb-coreutils-8.27.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/pjgbs80jhzpm7lfpsa5dp6jgxkcv6n56-bzip2-1.0.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/qgcr4gp3qz098yh6zsnn97dg4h8d2nbn-sed-4.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/r49cqbngzhn8q1qr6cjsm4vs85vwzl9i-xz-5.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/rkjydj936a096s70bxq7sz77bbxzfqvd-gzip-1.8.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/vk9xdybvknvnnaxavdk2q43yvdq5h47r-binutils-2.28.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/wrlssahrl79njwzwv8clcq8vdh2syppx-module-import-compiled.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/xz5ikvwa6pyz11h0a5hmzf9rxyi5xjzw-guile-2.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zb0wzrfgiydmr8gbxywyrmg6yp68w4fj-linux-libre-headers-4.4.47.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxiy6cnd05p90hmyk1mvr30lm17ghwim-grep-3.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxkwsk4g0m7j2p54l7xp2gblb6v4zddf-gcc-5.4.0.drv",["out"])],
["/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
"x86_64-linux",
"/gnu/store/d8gkn84yqacjr80pzicz1ka3y2s1f2x0-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile",
["--no-auto-compile",
"-L",
"/gnu/store/xhwmxry8kkmq7897558qmcmfsx8r1z45-module-import",
"/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
[("GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH","/gnu/store/r7sf4w2wwrbxbcf04pi9a5gkdhzaya2g-module-import-compiled"),
("out","/gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10")]
)
$ guix build --derivations hello /gnu/store/1drc59xkcvgdphzgylxm41ln9p5dwbgn-hello-2.10.drv
Derive(
[("out","","","")],
[("/gnu/store/0gabs9i1zawd406rkkr7l15ifg61s34r-glibc-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1lqw4mz8xzjhnb65kc1nvk8wg39spv5j-hello-2.10.tar.gz.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1vmhamqwgs3qa7rw28am5rm3b9fjs163-file-5.30.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/23h9fzinl5j1s5x7r2i155f1m7ify9wl-ld-wrapper-0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/3li1y3cc8rkr4d0q9h8bkvl4h3macnf6-bash-minimal-4.4.12.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/6y5h0pbqci67ql1ij5crkchjzmxkafbv-gawk-4.1.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/8xmbpyfnh5cdrk9fmx8j67894bq9vl1r-module-import.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/9sahk6fh2p5k631rxl6amx0cd4z8jn0s-diffutils-3.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/cm2f8yxfpy353kxbq5gl7whzvmkl9niv-make-4.2.1.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/fqx5lcb8lhdxkw1dwcgahnqaxgaycgb1-tar-1.29.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/i5fzg4cq88yvl2i7bsnqprzgq494bpdm-patch-2.7.5.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/iwzysdzl3yphqa0c0km8liiimcsrxmvd-glibc-utf8-locales-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/jwsvpyyxkmyg0wk3cic3b9q9wgimphkz-findutils-4.6.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/m5kd44n51ns8zlc8mvii497xc2siydpb-coreutils-8.27.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/pjgbs80jhzpm7lfpsa5dp6jgxkcv6n56-bzip2-1.0.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/qgcr4gp3qz098yh6zsnn97dg4h8d2nbn-sed-4.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/r49cqbngzhn8q1qr6cjsm4vs85vwzl9i-xz-5.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/rkjydj936a096s70bxq7sz77bbxzfqvd-gzip-1.8.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/vk9xdybvknvnnaxavdk2q43yvdq5h47r-binutils-2.28.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/wrlssahrl79njwzwv8clcq8vdh2syppx-module-import-compiled.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/xz5ikvwa6pyz11h0a5hmzf9rxyi5xjzw-guile-2.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zb0wzrfgiydmr8gbxywyrmg6yp68w4fj-linux-libre-headers-4.4.47.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxiy6cnd05p90hmyk1mvr30lm17ghwim-grep-3.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxkwsk4g0m7j2p54l7xp2gblb6v4zddf-gcc-5.4.0.drv",["out"])],
["/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
"x86_64-linux",
"/gnu/store/d8gkn84yqacjr80pzicz1ka3y2s1f2x0-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile",
["--no-auto-compile",
"-L",
"/gnu/store/xhwmxry8kkmq7897558qmcmfsx8r1z45-module-import",
"/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
[("GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH","/gnu/store/r7sf4w2wwrbxbcf04pi9a5gkdhzaya2g-module-import-compiled"),
("out","")]
)
$ guix build --derivations hello /gnu/store/1drc59xkcvgdphzgylxm41ln9p5dwbgn-hello-2.10.drv
Derive(
[("out","","","")],
[("04fb79c7338393b15562c5ffd222b40fb745683896789ad2b37659ac9d597540",["out"]),
("08a81b5317696b0ac342330b4561409db5db8273fee477c26cd2854499e4be1c",["out"]),
("0fcc386963a58070aacfc0cfb4fa5e67e676b25b6b038ed1aa61f12b933a39c3",["out"]),
("1b6c42938b2a02480294d8e89bf9fe94c77f392fd41f7cdb72b4c85071b3d197",["out"]),
("1e8dc40cc0593bae81806df0a1785582fb94ee07802b095ad521e7cb0dd16c41",["out"]),
("2e25667c193bed7410ca1f675ba717d5aec59123392d14b35d0918287de2fdf4",["out"]),
("3266b64f962b87ed7bb437ddd49c33a20d439e049a3829e2c10f5c2d8ae7d294",["out"]),
("39ea9f7baeee4ba446ebbaed88b5354adc088dae479e73a2825471c07088a86c",["out"]),
("522962e0ca0c7a5682ee561e618c9e08ce841d24468125c203e935ecd0e8da37",["out"]),
("523610101af5dc2481bdce53a050d680bbc516c64baf32463cf95ab3b18aa261",["out"]),
("5d7766754e92a0a96ca3b732ae0d9e3da892994961cee1500d7c689a0ddcb785",["out"]),
("61fd1308247835184ffe88140f9025117edb3210c47d617feafa33572ad8b8e3",["out"]),
("6ae6f3630665d92a495a4edb0f337fe1884fff9e6adcef65cf1c79131071d127",["out"]),
("7b8ef27665067602e4e27e801c6e8f385bd83b378037a60a4f5953a02b12c74f",["out"]),
("81c2221261670003975a89df35fba774c3871f4444c0d3a1eef6ef21e7aba678",["out"]),
("875b4153b80df041b31b6d0fb93b4bb8b62fbd3938320a8ce6ff263d01b3a536",["out"]),
("89e81aee370115bec522ad48de0f59030f227fe8a599bb409352a34e710669f8",["out"]),
("a127853978c101a2b52071108ed48834435c0bbaf1b707c13304ef9d8e70c3a6",["out"]),
("ab4bf18925deebcc80259b45cba39b348320a03f61d93e2246dcd6f5d28a1b68",["out"]),
("afe40de343b27326b5e6089c8adf8fdbdb105dcc35f671025c87de0bba965184",["out"]),
("bc726d150b4ba6aa8624eba59ad092d729705de4f0148391d33dac15a8aa5dbf",["out"]),
("bfb16f9021e341594cfce1c772ccd491599694460ac1df24a8bb77fadc2a4a04",["out"]),
("e226a8e968c6132524948d4fd0483a16603b57bddc92f97d6ce31580889754c2",["out"]),
("f662215314a37fcf8ae79e425bd197b3a3351bd8ff3d90506cc069c83c833b6d",["out"])],
["/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
"x86_64-linux",
"/gnu/store/d8gkn84yqacjr80pzicz1ka3y2s1f2x0-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile",
["--no-auto-compile",
"-L",
"/gnu/store/xhwmxry8kkmq7897558qmcmfsx8r1z45-module-import",
"/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
[("GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH","/gnu/store/r7sf4w2wwrbxbcf04pi9a5gkdhzaya2g-module-import-compiled"),
("out","")]
)
$ guix build --derivations hello
/gnu/store/1drc59xkcvgdphzgylxm41ln9p5dwbgn-hello-2.10.drv
Derive(
[("out","/gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10","","")],
[("/gnu/store/0gabs9i1zawd406rkkr7l15ifg61s34r-glibc-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1lqw4mz8xzjhnb65kc1nvk8wg39spv5j-hello-2.10.tar.gz.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/1vmhamqwgs3qa7rw28am5rm3b9fjs163-file-5.30.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/23h9fzinl5j1s5x7r2i155f1m7ify9wl-ld-wrapper-0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/3li1y3cc8rkr4d0q9h8bkvl4h3macnf6-bash-minimal-4.4.12.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/6y5h0pbqci67ql1ij5crkchjzmxkafbv-gawk-4.1.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/8xmbpyfnh5cdrk9fmx8j67894bq9vl1r-module-import.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/9sahk6fh2p5k631rxl6amx0cd4z8jn0s-diffutils-3.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/cm2f8yxfpy353kxbq5gl7whzvmkl9niv-make-4.2.1.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/fqx5lcb8lhdxkw1dwcgahnqaxgaycgb1-tar-1.29.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/i5fzg4cq88yvl2i7bsnqprzgq494bpdm-patch-2.7.5.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/iwzysdzl3yphqa0c0km8liiimcsrxmvd-glibc-utf8-locales-2.25.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/jwsvpyyxkmyg0wk3cic3b9q9wgimphkz-findutils-4.6.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/m5kd44n51ns8zlc8mvii497xc2siydpb-coreutils-8.27.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/pjgbs80jhzpm7lfpsa5dp6jgxkcv6n56-bzip2-1.0.6.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/qgcr4gp3qz098yh6zsnn97dg4h8d2nbn-sed-4.4.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/r49cqbngzhn8q1qr6cjsm4vs85vwzl9i-xz-5.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/rkjydj936a096s70bxq7sz77bbxzfqvd-gzip-1.8.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/vk9xdybvknvnnaxavdk2q43yvdq5h47r-binutils-2.28.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/wrlssahrl79njwzwv8clcq8vdh2syppx-module-import-compiled.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/xz5ikvwa6pyz11h0a5hmzf9rxyi5xjzw-guile-2.2.2.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zb0wzrfgiydmr8gbxywyrmg6yp68w4fj-linux-libre-headers-4.4.47.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxiy6cnd05p90hmyk1mvr30lm17ghwim-grep-3.0.drv",["out"]),
("/gnu/store/zxkwsk4g0m7j2p54l7xp2gblb6v4zddf-gcc-5.4.0.drv",["out"])],
["/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
"x86_64-linux",
"/gnu/store/d8gkn84yqacjr80pzicz1ka3y2s1f2x0-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile",
["--no-auto-compile",
"-L",
"/gnu/store/xhwmxry8kkmq7897558qmcmfsx8r1z45-module-import",
"/gnu/store/hqlhinp4gsfym9l5bq63c7g8y1j14ynz-hello-2.10-guile-builder"],
[("GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH","/gnu/store/r7sf4w2wwrbxbcf04pi9a5gkdhzaya2g-module-import-compiled"),
("out","/gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10")]
)
Fixed-output derivation
$ guix build -S -d hello /gnu/store/1lqw4mz8xzjhnb65kc1nvk8wg39spv5j-hello-2.10.tar.gz.drv
Derive(
[("out",
"/gnu/store/hbdalsf5lpf01x4dcknwx6xbn6n5km6k-hello-2.10.tar.gz",
"sha256",
"31e066137a962676e89f69d1b65382de95a7ef7d914b8cb956f41ea72e0f516b")],
[],
["/gnu/store/qivc6nybj6mxa95h7h10hg7qv81rdfcm-mirrors",
"/gnu/store/wvbspgpk15aq6kcf2f67xjai1fbkbyqc-content-addressed-mirrors"],
"x86_64-linux",
"builtin:download",
[],
[("content-addressed-mirrors","/gnu/store/wvbspgpk15aq6kcf2f67xjai1fbkbyqc-content-addressed-mirrors"),
("impureEnvVars","http_proxy https_proxy LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG COLUMNS"),
("mirrors","/gnu/store/qivc6nybj6mxa95h7h10hg7qv81rdfcm-mirrors"),
("out","/gnu/store/hbdalsf5lpf01x4dcknwx6xbn6n5km6k-hello-2.10.tar.gz"),
("preferLocalBuild","1"),
("url","\"mirror://gnu/hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz\"")]
)
Derivation graph for the hello package
The hello package
(define-public hello
(package
(name "hello")
(version "2.10")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-" version
".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package")
(description
"GNU Hello prints the message \"Hello, world!\" and then exits. It
serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices. As such, it supports
command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.")
(home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/")
(license gpl3+)))
What can you do with Guix?
Install a package in to your profile
guix package -i hello
Upgrade the packages in your profile
guix package -u
Roll back to the previous generation of your profile
guix package --roll-back
guix package -i samtools bowtie
Modified, © Ricardo Wurmus
guix package -r bowtie
Modified, © Ricardo Wurmus
guix package --roll-back
Modified, © Ricardo Wurmus
Wait a minute, what was installed?
guix package -i hello
guix environment hello
guix environment --ad-hoc hello guile
/gnu/store/5w8jk6p57l5an1d39lngw560r2bw2dx1-profile/bin ├── guild -> /gnu/store/yih…6fk-guile-2.2.2/bin/guild ├── guile -> /gnu/store/yih…6fk-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile ├── guile-config -> /gnu/store/yih…6fk-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile-config ├── guile-snarf -> /gnu/store/yih…6fk-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile-snarf ├── guile-tools -> /gnu/store/yih…6fk-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile-tools └── hello -> /gnu/store/wf6…2sx-hello-2.10/bin/hello
guix environment --pure --ad-hoc hello
guix environment --container --ad-hoc hello
$ echo /gnu/store/* /gnu/store/…-ncurses-6.0 /gnu/store/…-profile /gnu/store/…-manual-database /gnu/store/…-gcc-5.4.0-lib /gnu/store/…-info-dir /gnu/store/…-bash-4.4.12 /gnu/store/…-readline-7.0 /gnu/store/…-glibc-2.25 /gnu/store/…-hello-2.10 /gnu/store/…-bash-static-4.4.12
Graph of the hello package references
$ ldd /gnu/store/wf65hjwqwpz4wllasn63zysi5irql2sx-hello-2.10/bin/hello linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffece166000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /gnu/store/3x53yv4v144c9xp02rs64z7j597kkqax-gcc-5.4.0-lib/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fee83076000) libc.so.6 => /gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fee82cd7000) /gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fee8328d000)
Guix + Direnv
use guix --ad-hoc gcc-toolchain python python-lxml
$ cd /tmp/foo
direnv: loading .envrc
direnv: using guix --ad-hoc gcc-toolchain python python-lxml
direnv: export +PAGER +PYTHONPATH ~CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
~C_INCLUDE_PATH ~LIBRARY_PATH ~PATH
Managing systems and services with Guix
Systems
(use-modules (gnu))
(use-service-modules networking ssh)
(use-package-modules screen ssh)
(operating-system
(host-name "komputilo")
(timezone "Europe/Berlin")
(locale "en_US.utf8")
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-bootloader)
(target "/dev/sdX")))
(file-systems (cons (file-system
(device "my-root")
(title 'label)
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "alice")
(comment "Bob's sister")
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/alice"))
%base-user-accounts))
(packages (cons* screen openssh %base-packages))
(services (cons* (dhcp-client-service)
(service openssh-service-type
(openssh-configuration
(port-number 2222)))
%base-services)))Services
...
(services (cons* (dhcp-client-service)
(service openssh-service-type
(openssh-configuration
(port-number 2222)))
%base-services)))
Extension graph
Shepherd graph
Extending Guix
Writing a package definition
Importers available for: gnu, nix, pypi, cpan, hackage, stackage, elpa, gem, cran, crate, texlive and json.
Hello package definition
(define-public hello
(package
(name "hello")
(version "2.10")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-" version
".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
"0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package")
(description
"GNU Hello prints the message \"Hello, world!\" and then exits. It
serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices. As such, it supports
command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on.")
(home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/")
(license gpl3+)))
Inheritance
(define-public ruby-2.3
(package
(inherit ruby)
(version "2.3.5")
(source
(origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append "http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/"
(version-major+minor version)
"/ruby-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
"1npzcnq5kh0f9y88w5gj4v6ln8csr91361k3r43dmhlhn6mpsfkx"))
(modules '((guix build utils)))
(snippet `(begin
;; Remove bundled libffi
(delete-file-recursively "ext/fiddle/libffi-3.2.1")
#t))))))G-expressions, a way of staging code
(define build-exp
#~(begin
(mkdir #$output)
(chdir #$output)
(symlink (string-append #$coreutils "/bin/ls")
"list-files")))What is Guix?
Standalone package definitions+ bootstrap binaries
Package management tool + library
GNU+Linux distribution, with declarative
configuration for the system and services
Build packages from source, offload build tasks to other machines, copy store items to other machines, graph packages and systems, inspect the size of store items, publish substitutes, run the garbage collector, generate package definitions from various sources, update package definitions for new releases, build raw or ISO disk images...
Use Guix!
Install Guix within an existing system.
Install GuixSD, a distribution of GNU+Linux.
Talk to others on
#guix on freenode
For the manual, mailing lists, papers, blog posts and talks, go to https://gnu.org/s/guix/help
Hello, my name is Chris, and we're going to take a look at a software project called GNU Guix.
Before we begin, hands up if you're excited about package managers?
I'd prefer to cover only some of the material I've got, really well, rather than cover all of it badly, so please interrupt, and jump in with questions as and when they come to you.
I've not planned any live demos explicitly, but I'm using GuixSD on this laptop, and am happy to attempt to demo stuff.
I first found out about Guix sometime in late 2015, early 2016.
I remember installing it the night before FOSDEM, a free software conference in Brussles, back in January 2016. At FOSDEM that year there were many talks about Guix in the GNU Guile devroom.
I started using and contributing to Guix soon after.
Maybe some of you are using Guix already, maybe some of you have heard of it, but don't know much about it, and maybe some of you haven't heard of Guix before freenode live.
In any case, I hope most of you will learn something about Guix in the next hour.
I'm going to try and cover:
- some of the technical fundamentals
- how you can use guix as a package manager
- how you can use Guix to manage systems and services
- and finally, ways in which you can extend Guix
GNU Guix
Package manager, system distribution and more…
Hello, my name is Chris, and we're going to take a look at
a software project called GNU Guix.
Before we begin, hands up if you're excited about package
managers?
I'd prefer to cover only some of the material I've got,
really well, rather than cover all of it badly, so please
interrupt, and jump in with questions as and when they
come to you.
I've not planned any live demos explicitly, but I'm using
GuixSD on this laptop, and am happy to attempt to demo
stuff.
I first found out about Guix sometime in late 2015, early
2016.
I remember installing it the night before FOSDEM, a free
software conference in Brussles, back in January 2016. At
FOSDEM that year there were many talks about Guix in the
GNU Guile devroom.
I started using and contributing to Guix soon after.
Maybe some of you are using Guix already, maybe some of
you have heard of it, but don't know much about it, and
maybe some of you haven't heard of Guix before freenode
live.
In any case, I hope most of you will learn something about
Guix in the next hour.
I'm going to try and cover:
some of the technical fundamentals
how you can use guix as a package manager
how you can use Guix to manage systems and services
and finally, ways in which you can extend Guix