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@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system
infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
above packages is being used.
+* Installing Guix from Guix
+
+You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix.
+To do so:
+
+ - install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
+ - re-run the configure script passing it the option
+ `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/'
+ - run "make" and "make install"
+
* How It Works
Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is