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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b47a0c17e8..c348760dae 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -40495,6 +40495,17 @@ install anything. Describe the current home generation: its file name, as well as provenance information when available. +To show installed packages in the current home generation's profile, the +@code{--list-installed} flag is provided, with the same syntax that is +used in @command{guix package --list-installed} (@pxref{Invoking guix +package}). For instance, the following command shows a table of all the +packages with ``emacs'' in their name that are installed in the current +home generation's profile: + +@example +guix home describe --list-installed=emacs +@end example + @item list-generations List a summary of each generation of the home environment available on disk, in a human-readable way. This is similar to the @@ -40507,9 +40518,14 @@ generations displayed. For instance, the following command displays generations that are up to 10 days old: @example -$ guix home list-generations 10d +guix home list-generations 10d @end example +The @code{--list-installed} flag may also be specified, with the same +syntax that is used in @command{guix home describe}. This may be +helpful if trying to determine when a package was added to the home +profile. + @item import Generate a @dfn{home environment} from the packages in the default profile and configuration files found in the user's home directory. The |