Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes: [...] > I don't understand what "w/wo user mods" means,
That "official" guix recipes in local repo may be modified. Revised table: ** Sources of and ways to install packages in guixSD | Recipe source | avail to | recipe upgrade | location | package install | profile | display packages | display generations | |-----------------------+----------+----------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------| | guix ??? | system | guix pull | /gnu/store | sudo guix system reconfigure <config.scm> | /run/current-system/profile | (1) M-x guix-installed-system-packages | M-x guix-system-generations | | guix ??? | user | guix pull | /gnu/store | sudo guix package -i <package> | ~/.guix-profile | (1) M-x guix-installed-user-packages | M-x guix-generations | | guix git repo | system | (2) git pull | PWD | [env]$ sudo ./pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure <configs.scm> | /current-system/profile | (1) M-x guix-installed-system-packages | M-x guix-system-generations | | guix git repo | user | (2) git pull | PWD | [env]$ sudo ./pre-inst-env guix package -i <package> | ~/.guix-profile | (1) M-x guix-installed-user-packages | M-x guix-generations | | <user-dir>/<user.scm> | system | N/A | <user-dir> | sudo guix system reconfigure <config.scm w/ user-package> | /run/current-system/profile | (1) M-x guix-installed-system-packages | M-x guix-system-generations | | <user-dir>/<user.scm> | user | N/A | <user-dir> | (3) [env]$ sudo guix package -i <user-package> | ~/.guix-profile | M-x guix-installed-packages | M-x guix-generations | |-----------------------+----------+----------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------| Notes: (1) proposed (2) Recipes obtained this way may be modified by the user. Set up the guix git repo as described in the manual (info "(guix) Building from Git"). (3) Add <user-dir> to GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH as described in the manual (info "(guix) Package Modules") Trying to help a new user get their bearings. What do you think?