On 07/03/2018 17:09, Jone wrote:
Hello. Can I remove old package versions and other builds? On the
example of Icecat:
252.1 MiB [ ]
/5ym67s5vp1vmnc3y4ds4r3687vc3nl25-icecat-52.6.0-gnu1
252.0 MiB [ ]
/360i9ca4gnm3rsjj8v43ih0j3mfrp40n-icecat-52.6.0-gnu1
246.8 MiB [ ]
/kd0nnq3i0qarx4vqxcampxfj3igxn84h-icecat-52.3.0-gnu1
"guix gc" will delete all packages that are no longer required. Most
probably that includes all Icecat installs except for the latest.
However, if two users on the system have different versions of Icecat
installed, both will be kept.
And the next question, is also about Icecat: version 52.6.0 was compiled
from source. This is too long. Can I create binary package from this
local installation?
In a sense you already have one, stored on your computer. So I guess
your question is how you can use this binary package on a different
machine, right? There are two answers to this question:
1) If the other machine also runs Guix, the answer is "guix archive":
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Invoking-guix-archive
2) If the other machine does not use Guix, have look at "guix pack":
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Invoking-guix-pack
Konrad.
