guix_mirror_bot pushed a commit to branch version-1.5.0 in repository guix.
commit 02840cc74fecabc8a288a5460837c5f3e4f909cb Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Sun Jan 18 18:43:30 2026 +0100 doc: Mention the tarball URL and clarify binary installation steps. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention the tarball URL. Clarify what the steps do. Change-Id: Ic929b10c29b69752fd549b78295682bdf4fb76f6 Signed-off-by: Rutherther <[email protected]> --- doc/guix.texi | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bdb41c9305..8c52a16a3a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -789,12 +789,20 @@ chmod +x guix-install.sh The script goes through the following steps: -@itemize -@item Downloading and extracting the binary tarball -@item Setting up the build daemon -@item Making @command{guix} command available to non-root users -@item Configuring substitute servers -@end itemize +@enumerate +@item +Downloading the binary tarball from +@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz} +(where @code{x86_64-linux} can be replaced with @code{i686-linux} for an +@code{i686} (32-bits) machine already running the kernel Linux, and so +on---@pxref{GNU Distribution}) and extracting it. +@item +Setting up the build daemon (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}). +@item +Making the @command{guix} command available to non-root users. +@item +Configuring substitute servers (@pxref{Official Substitute Servers}). +@end enumerate @quotation Note By default, @file{guix-install.sh} will configure Guix to download
