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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-05-04 14:31:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-05-04 15:08:20 +0200 |
| commit | 39f8ed14374e79d1734d8651a31f492a52c44b5d (patch) | |
| tree | 5c80172621dd10c95340f545b8d03abca51dbaf8 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 4702cec24637fc9cb5ed544817d56e9770b21ebf (diff) | |
doc: Clarify installation from the binary tarball.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Specifically refer to
group/account creation, and add an item for substitutes. Mention
verifiability.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d7868bade8..eb240b1d6b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files. @item -Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and -run it: +Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below +(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}), and run the daemon: @example # /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder @@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ for instance with: # cd /usr/local/bin # ln -s /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix @end example + +@item +To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} (@pxref{Substitutes}), +authorize them: + +@example +# guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub +@end example @end enumerate And that's it! @@ -305,8 +313,8 @@ profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the @command{guix} command. -The tarball in question can be (re)produced simply by running the -following command in the Guix source tree: +The tarball in question can be (re)produced and verified simply by +running the following command in the Guix source tree: @example make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz |