bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-10-16 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi, bo0od writes: > Everything is explained well in the past posts but no fixation proposed. > > Saying need info while all the info there is just ridiculous, closing > the bug is just a bug skip not fix which lead to either more comments > here or duplicates tickets else where. > > Unless

bug#48796: closed (Re: bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix)

2022-10-14 Thread bo0od via Bug reports for GNU Guix
for guix OS only not for any other OS then this ticket is still valid. GNU bug Tracking System: Your bug report #48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix which was filed against the guix package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-10-08 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 10:20, zimoun wrote: > This report #48796 [1] is marked as moreinfo since some weeks. Although > I understand the need, but since I do not see what could be the next > actionable step, I am in favor to close it. > > 1: > >

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-06-23 Thread zimoun
Hi, This report #48796 [1] is marked as moreinfo since some weeks. Although I understand the need, but since I do not see what could be the next actionable step, I am in favor to close it. 1: Therefore, if no objection and/or a clear next action, then I

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-05-07 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hello Maxim, I finally was able to get a working Mate desktop environment, with all Guix installed apps listed in the graphical menu and all the mime->applications associations working as expected Getting a user Xsession environment suitable for Guix on a foreign distro unfortunately is a very

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-05-07 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hello Maxim, sorry to come back to this after so long but this is still a bug I'm still trying to solve how to configure the "environment machinery" on a new Debian 11 laptop, on this machine there is no old user configuration status that could interfere: it's a brand new Debian 11 "basic"

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-05-05 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi Liliana Marie, thank you for your support but I'm still completely lost Obviously this is a Debian 11 relate issue and there is nothing Guix can do to solve this issue, so I propose to close this bug report Liliana Marie Prikler writes: [...] >> I just think that if Guix (the package

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-05-04 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Am Montag, dem 02.05.2022 um 14:49 +0200 schrieb Giovanni Biscuolo: > Hi Liliana Marie, Hi Giovanni, sorry for the late reply. It seems my slowness caused you to investigate things on your own, which might have prompted some wrong conclusions. > I just think that if Guix (the package manager)

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-05-04 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi Liliana Marie, Giovanni Biscuolo writes: [...] > There is obviously a non zero chance it depends on my poor > understanding, please forgive me in this case. my "workaround" is an instance of this case, sorry (see below) [...] > Yes: there is something in the default systemd/xsession

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-05-02 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi Liliana Marie, thank you for your heads up! I confess I'm pretty much confused about "Freedesktop.org's xdg menu system" because I thought it's now a cross-distro standard that should work out of the box without much tinkering by the distro maintainers and/or by the user. There is a non zero

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-04-29 Thread Liliana Marie Prikler
Hi Giovanni, Am Donnerstag, dem 28.04.2022 um 17:59 +0200 schrieb Giovanni Biscuolo: > [...] > > # set XDG_DATA_DIRS to include Guix installations > > export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$GUIX_PROFILE/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS:- > > /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}" > > --8<---cut

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix in Desktop Menus

2022-04-28 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi Maxim and bo0od, This is my report about my recent testing experience with guix installed desktop applications in a desktop environment on Debian 11 (I usually do not use a desktop environment with a graphical menu, I use i3). I've added "in Desktop Menus" to the subject because actually

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-04-28 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi! unfortunately AFAIU we still have issues with XDG-related environment variables please consider that $PATH env variable is /not/ the issue, the issue is only related to XDG and *.desktop files zimoun writes: > What is the concrete next action of this bug [1]? > > 1:

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2022-01-04 Thread zimoun
Hi, What is the concrete next action of this bug [1]? 1: On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 at 01:50, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > bo0od writes: > >>> I suspect you didn't install Guix via this script? If so, could you try >>> creating the above file, closing relogin in

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-09-25 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello, bo0od writes: >> I suspect you didn't install Guix via this script? If so, could you try >> creating the above file, closing relogin in your graphical session and >> report if it fixed things for you? > > Its already answered how to fix it after installation, Thats not the > only issue,

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-09-24 Thread bo0od
> I suspect you didn't install Guix via this script? If so, could you try > creating the above file, closing relogin in your graphical session and > report if it fixed things for you? Its already answered how to fix it after installation, Thats not the only issue, The real issue is guix isnt

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-09-23 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello, bo0od writes: > Hi There, > > I have installed Guix package manager over debian bullseye 11 then i > installed a package using guix (after running guix pull) with two > ways: (x package i tried is icecat) > > guix install x > > sudo -i guix install x > > both of the commands worked but

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-09-23 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello, Luke Burgess writes: >>If you type "source ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile" >>from a Bash shell, it loads the needed >>environment variable settings into that >>shell instance,and henceforth you >>should be able to run "icecat" > Maybe I should have read and understood the GUIX manual

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-08-23 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 14:05, bo0od wrote: >> I'll try do propose some patch for the Guix manual but... don't hold >> your breath, I need some testing. > > Sure tyt, but its a disaster way for guix for not doing this > automatically. Imagine new user he should do stuff manually after >

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-08-23 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 13:09, bo0od wrote: >> Does this message [1] fix your issue? > > "If you type "source ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile" from a Bash shell, it loads > the needed environment variable" > > yes it worked, but thats not really what im asking as this is workaround for > the

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-07-15 Thread bo0od
> I'll try do propose some patch for the Guix manual but... don't hold > your breath, I need some testing. Sure tyt, but its a disaster way for guix for not doing this automatically. Imagine new user he should do stuff manually after installing guix through apt.. yeah he (mostly) wont stay

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-07-15 Thread bo0od
> Does this message [1] fix your issue? "If you type "source ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile" from a Bash shell, it loads the needed environment variable" yes it worked, but thats not really what im asking as this is workaround for the issue but im asking for a solution to the users as they can

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-07-02 Thread zimoun
Hi, On Wed, 02 Jun 2021 at 18:56, bo0od wrote: > I have installed Guix package manager over debian bullseye 11 then i installed > a package using guix (after running guix pull) with two ways: (x package i > tried is icecat) > > guix install x > > sudo -i guix install x > > both of the commands

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-17 Thread Giovanni Biscuolo
Hi, I use Guix on top of Debian, but I installed it long ago "manually" and not via the Debian package "guix"... anyway once installed there are no differences :-) Mark H Weaver writes: [...] >> both of the commands worked but the x package has no icon nor i can run >> it using terminal. > >

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-05 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi, bo0od writes: > I have installed Guix package manager over debian bullseye 11 then i > installed a package using guix (after running guix pull) with two ways: > (x package i tried is icecat) > > guix install x > > sudo -i guix install x > > both of the commands worked but the x package

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-05 Thread bo0od
> (a) IceCat does not appear in the application menu at all This one > What's the output of... Check the uploaded image. Maxime Devos: bo0od schreef op do 03-06-2021 om 23:18 [+]: > Which icon are you looking at? The icon in a desktop menu? > The ‘cat around a globe’ image you'd see

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-05 Thread Maxime Devos
bo0od schreef op do 03-06-2021 om 23:18 [+]: > > Which icon are you looking at? The icon in a desktop menu? > > The ‘cat around a globe’ image you'd see on ‘new tab’ windows > > above the search bar? The same image, but downscaled, before > > ‘New Tab’ in the tab bar? > > There is nothing

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-03 Thread bo0od
> There should be no need to install anything as root, > unless you make a habit of logging in as the root user > and work from there (not recommended). I know i just mentioned this info to say with or without root nothing is appeared to be readable from the system. > Which icon are you

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-03 Thread Maxime Devos
bo0od schreef op wo 02-06-2021 om 18:56 [+]: > Hi There, > > I have installed Guix package manager over debian bullseye 11 then i > installed a package using guix (after running guix pull) with two ways: > (x package i tried is icecat) > > guix install x > > sudo -i guix install x There

bug#48796: Guix on Debian 11 - Cant run or find applications from Guix

2021-06-02 Thread bo0od
Hi There, I have installed Guix package manager over debian bullseye 11 then i installed a package using guix (after running guix pull) with two ways: (x package i tried is icecat) guix install x sudo -i guix install x both of the commands worked but the x package has no icon nor i can run