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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2020-10-22 22:43:38 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2020-10-22 22:47:54 -0400 |
| commit | 503d2bfde08f9bf97bbf430516d2f19faedd4319 (patch) | |
| tree | 8682a6135edc164d2c8d1cf126c4706736b835c7 | |
| parent | 88d19248b9c03614bfaf9baf3c6b7b880075d35c (diff) | |
README: Refer to the manual for building from Git.
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Remove section.
(Installation): For installing from Git, refer to the "Building from Git"
section of the manual and suggest using './pre-inst-env guix pull' rather than
'make install' for installing Guix.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 20 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -34,24 +34,16 @@ See the manual for the installation instructions, either by running or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Installation.html][web copy of the manual]]. For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the section -"Building from Git" in the manual. +"Building from Git" in the manual, either by running -* Installing Guix from Guix + info -f doc/guix.info "Building from Git" -You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix. -To do so: +or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-Before-It-Is-Installed.html][web +copy of the manual]]. - - Start a shell with the development environment for Guix: +Following building Guix from Git, it can be installed by using: - guix environment guix - - - Re-run the 'configure' script passing it the option - '--localstatedir=/somewhere', where '/somewhere' is the 'localstatedir' - value of the currently installed Guix (failing to do that would lead the - new Guix to consider the store to be empty!). We recommend to use the - value '/var'. - - - Run "make", "make check", and "make install". + ./pre-inst-env guix pull * How It Works |