Hi, On Mon, 09 Jan 2023 at 15:59, Gottfried <[email protected]> wrote:
> can I use two profiles at the same time? Yes. Although note that it depends on what they contain: package One from profile A can be exclusive with package Two from profile B. Therefore, combining profile A and B to create on the fly a new profile containing both the packages One and Two can lead to issues if packages One and Two are incompatible; aside potential issues with incompatible propagated-inputs. Does it make sense? > When I have my main profile, additionally to open a second profile to > use the package in there? For instance, I have ~/.guix-profile containing few things and then many other profile living in ~/.config/guix/profiles/; one for Emacs, one for compilers, one for TeX, one for various applications, etc. > Or do I have to switch from one profile to the other and then switch back? For switching, as said earlier in this thread, there is various options. > I am still unsure how it works. Maybe you might be interested by <https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/guix-cookbook.html#Guix-Profiles-in-Practice> Cheers, simon
