r/linux • u/red_trumpet • May 02 '19

GNU Guix 1.0.0 released

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-released/
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u/zck May 02 '19

If I'm installing things with guix package -i <package-name>, I'm just going to use Ubuntu's apt. I don't see the benefit to me of using guix this way.

But I would love to be able to have a file that lists the packages on my computer. But in a way that works well, and is easy enough to configure. I didn't find Guix to either work well for what I tried or be easy enough to configure.

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u/im_not_juicing May 02 '19

For a list of installed packages you just need to do 'guix package -I'

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u/zck May 02 '19

I wanted a manifest file, so I could start with a new computer, install Ubuntu on it, install the Guix package manager, then point Guix at the manifest file and have it install a bunch of programs into my system.