Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-11 Thread Mason Hock
> Can anyone please explain the advantages of Guix, for a n00b like me? I > haven't researched too far yet, but it looks like the packages are similar > to what I already have available from the standard Trisquel repositories. Trisquel is a long-term support (LTS) distro, which means that when a

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-11 Thread trisquelwhare+trisquelinfo
Can anyone please explain the advantages of Guix, for a n00b like me? I haven't researched too far yet, but it looks like the packages are similar to what I already have available from the standard Trisquel repositories. I've been careful to not add extra repos or PPA's to my system, as much

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-06 Thread hd-scania
The remaining last step to get my GuixSD running is installing the kernel, but what package names to install the Linux-libre kernel using the guix package commands? I also have tasted guix-pkg in Parabola, PureOS, Trisquel, this will help me to complete the GuixSD installation by mounting

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-05 Thread sigdpsy
guix package -i libreoffice guile: warning: failed to install locale warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument guix package: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by 'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates. The following package will be installed:

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-05 Thread sigdpsy
Last message: Updating from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... guix pull: error: mkdir: Permission denied

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-05 Thread sigdpsy
already >100Mib downloaded. Ok, I am trying.

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-04 Thread Mason Hock
It doesn't look like anything is wrong. Just let it continue. 'guix pull' can take a while. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-04 Thread sigdpsy
guix pull guile: warning: failed to install locale warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0% Downloading

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-04 Thread Mason Hock
> guile: warning: failed to install locale > warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument It's possible to get rid of this warning if you find it annoying, but it is harmless. I get that warning every time but have never had a problem related to it. > guix package: warning: Consider

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-04 Thread sigdpsy
I have tried my best. But I could not solved. After installing guix in trisquel 7 these messages are showing. - guix package -r lua guile: warning: failed to install locale warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument guix package: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by 'guix

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-03 Thread intheforest
thank you, mason! I forget about it :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-02 Thread mason
A few months ago a Trisquel user shared a deb package for installing Guix. https://trisquel.info/en/forum/guix-trisquel#comment-129049 I have tested it with Trisquel 8 and it worked.

[Trisquel-users] guix on trisquel 8

2018-06-02 Thread intheforest
Hello :) I was trying to install gnu guix on my recently installed system, but I can't figure out what's wrong. Was I right about running steps for systems that use systemd? Everything else should be the same (I once succeeded with installation on Trisquel 7). Now I deleted gnu and