Hi Sébastien, Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq writes:
> Thanks Daniel, > > So if i understand well, in the common use case, if you install guix > home and use it in parallel with guix install, these profile are > "cumulative", > software installed are available no matter how I set them up (guix > install or using guix home declarative file + reconfigure) ? Yes, these two profiles are normally both loaded in the sense that the shell scripts ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile and ~/.guix-home/setup-environment are sourced. > It is a bit confusing at first for new user, what's the best workflow, > using the guix home declarative file and "reconfigure" or directly > guix install ? It depends on what you want to achieve. You could use also both at the same time. I like to use only Guix home to manage the packages that I need on a regular basis. However, this is mainly because I also have some dotfiles in my home-environment. If you just want to declaratively manage the packages you use, you could also do it with manifests¹. Additionally, sometimes, when I need a package, that I presumably only use once, I use ‘guix shell’² for it. Best ¹ https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/Writing-Manifests.html ² https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-shell.html#Invoking-guix-shell -- Daniel
