Re: About packaging documentation

2021-03-16 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi Zelphir, > Hello Ricardo! > > On 3/15/21 4:43 PM, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> Hi Zelphir, >> >>> https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Packaging-Tutorial.html >>> is a good >>> start. It has even got cookbook in the name. Definitely the right idea to >>> complement the general

Re: two questions on guix upgrade

2021-03-16 Thread Andreas Enge
Hello, Am Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:47:33PM -0700 schrieb Andy Tai: > guix pull && guix package -u this may not be what you are looking for, but my pedestrian way of doing things is to do a "--dry-run" first: guix package -n -u (the "-u" must come last, or be replaced by "-u ."). That queries

Re: /dev/kvm missing

2021-03-16 Thread Andreas Enge
Hello, thanks to all of you for your kind and helpful replies! Am Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 03:32:03PM -0400 schrieb Leo Famulari: > You may need to enable it in the BIOS. There should be an option about > "virtualization extensions", or maybe some "Intel VT-something" feature. Indeed, it was

Re: two questions on guix upgrade

2021-03-16 Thread Leo Famulari
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:47:33PM -0700, Andy Tai wrote: > 1. Is there a way to tolerate errors in single package upgrade and keep the > others going? right now I have opencv installed and opencv build now is > broken, so if I do the above command as is the whole 'package -u' command > would

Packages don't get installed in the correct path

2021-03-16 Thread Garjola Dindi
Hi, I have installed the Guix package manager on Debian stable using the instructions in the manual: ,[ elisp ] | (info "guix#Binary Installation") ` I have added the following to my ~/.basrhc as indicated in the manual: ,[ bash ] | export

Re: About packaging documentation

2021-03-16 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hello Ricardo! On 3/15/21 4:43 PM, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi Zelphir, > >> https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Packaging-Tutorial.html >> is a good >> start. It has even got cookbook in the name. Definitely the right idea to >> complement the general documentation. I am aware of its

two questions on guix upgrade

2021-03-16 Thread Andy Tai
Hi, two questions on guix upgrade via guix pull && guix package -u 1. Is there a way to tolerate errors in single package upgrade and keep the others going? right now I have opencv installed and opencv build now is broken, so if I do the above command as is the whole 'package -u' command would

Re: error: corrupt input while restoring archive from socket

2021-03-16 Thread Bonface Munyoki K .
Hi o/ Fulbert writes: > Le Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 04:59:42PM +0300, Mikhail Kryshen a écrit : >> Fulbert writes: >> >> > Hello Guixers, >> > >> > For the past few days… maybe a couple of weeks (not sure when >> > it started exactly), I have had frequent errors with >> > substitutions. Those

Re: /dev/kvm missing

2021-03-16 Thread Leo Famulari
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 04:45:35PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: > Hello, > > trying to run the Android emulator on Guix, I notice that /dev/kvm is > missing on my system; "lsmod | grep kvm" shows these: > kvm 819200 0 > irqbypass 16384 1 kvm > > Do I need to add

paper book(s) on Guix use

2021-03-16 Thread Ralph Randall
I got 2 good responses to my request. I will be trying their advice, after I catch some sleep.

Re: /dev/kvm missing

2021-03-16 Thread Luis Felipe
Hi, Andreas, ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:45 PM, Andreas Enge wrote: > Hello, > > trying to run the Android emulator on Guix, I notice that /dev/kvm is > missing on my system; "lsmod | grep kvm" shows these: > kvm 819200 0 > irqbypass 16384 1 kvm > > Do I need

/dev/kvm missing

2021-03-16 Thread Andreas Enge
Hello, trying to run the Android emulator on Guix, I notice that /dev/kvm is missing on my system; "lsmod | grep kvm" shows these: kvm 819200 0 irqbypass 16384 1 kvm Do I need to add anything to my system configuration to enable it? I am using the 5.11.4-gnu

Default/global packages for foreign distro

2021-03-16 Thread Phil Beadling
Hi all, Refering to this section of the manual: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/guix.html#Locales-1 Is it possible in a foreign distro setup to define a set of base packages in a global profile, set for all users? I'm trying to avoid having to install a locale for each user account if possible?