On +2022-01-26 23:42:05 +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > Yasuaki Kudo <y...@yasuaki.com> writes: > > > Does Guix really run out of the box in Debian? > > > > I have never tried it but my friend Debian expert friend keeps telling me > > that: > > > > * Just apt-get installing Guix doesn't work > > How does “apt install guix” not work? There’s an older version of Guix > in Debian. After installing it “guix pull” should get the latest > version and it all works. >
What does "apt search guix" produce? (Nothing, on the puri.sm variant of debian. They maintain a custom pool based on debian minus what they want to exclude AIUI) > There’s also an installer script at https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh > which skips the detour through apt and gets you the latest release > directly. > > > * and his really big complaint is evidently he creates "virtual > > environments" (short of full-on VMware, I imagine it is an assortment > > of Linux native tricks that are wrapped by tools like Docker) for > > every OS he tries but > > * Evidently the same tricks don't work with Guix > > Is this not *exactly* what “guix shell” (formerly “guix enviromnent”) > does? “guix shell -C” enters a container, even, using the same Linux > namespace mechanism that Docker wraps. > > > * He does not want to try full blown Guix OS without first testing it in > > above ways > > Guix can comfortably be used outside of Guix System. And you can > *still* use most “guix system” commands, e.g. to build containers or > virtual machines. > > -- > Ricardo > -- Regards, Bengt Richter
