Am 18. März 2023 06:02:27 MEZ schrieb Rodrigo Morales <[email protected]>: >Table of Contents >_________________ > >1. What I'm trying to do >2. What I've tried >3. The problem >4. The question > > >Newbie: How to define a package that creates files in ~/.config? > > >1 What I'm trying to do >======================= > > I want to define a package that downloads a file from a git repository > and puts the file under a directory in `~/.config/' (specifically, > `~/.config/ibus/rime/') > > >2 What I've tried >================= > > I've defined a module containing the definition of a package that > tries to accomplish that goal. It uses `install-file' to copy the > downloaded files to the desired location (please see code block below) > > ,---- > | cat ~/my/packages/rime.scm > `---- > > ,---- > | (define-module (rime) > | #:use-module (guix licenses) > | #:use-module (guix packages) > | #:use-module (guix gexp) > | #:use-module (guix build-system trivial) > | #:use-module (guix git-download)) > | > | (define-public rime-wubi > | (package > | (name "rime-wubi") > | (version "1.0") > | (source (origin > | (method git-fetch) > | (uri (git-reference > | (url "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi";) > | (commit "f1876f08f1d4a9696395be0070c0e8e4353c44cb"))) > | (file-name (git-file-name name version)) > | (sha256 > | (base32 > | "1d9y9rqssacria9d0hla96czsqv2wkfm6z926m1x269ryv96zxvk")))) > | (build-system trivial-build-system) > | (arguments > | (list > | #:modules `((guix build utils)) > | #:builder > | #~(begin > | (use-modules (guix build utils)) > | (chdir (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source")) > | (install-file "wubi86.dict.yaml" (string-append #$output >"/.config/ibus/rime")) > | (install-file "wubi86.schema.yaml" (string-append #$output >"/.config/ibus/rime"))))) > | (synopsis "Wubi86 schema and dictionary for RIME") > | (description "This package contains a dictionary and a schema >definition for the 86 > | version of Wubi, a shape-based input method for Chinese characters.") > | (home-page "https://github.com/rime/rime-wubi";) > | (license lgpl3))) > `---- > > The package is installed without no problems. > > ,---- > | export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH="$HOME/my/packages" > | guix package -i rime-wubi > `---- > > ,---- > | The following package will be installed: > | rime-wubi 1.0 > | > `---- > > ,---- > | echo $? > `---- > > ,---- > | 0 > `---- > > >3 The problem >============= > > However, the files `wubi86.dict.yaml' and `wubi86.schema.yaml' are > installed in `~/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime' (see code block > below) > > ,---- > | find -L /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config > `---- > > ,---- > | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config > | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus > | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime > | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.dict.yaml > | /home/rdrg/.guix-profile/.config/ibus/rime/wubi86.schema.yaml > `---- > > Those files don't appear in `~/.config/ibus/rime' (the location I want > them to exist in) > > ,---- > | find ~/.config/ibus/rime > `---- > > ,---- > | /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime > | /home/rdrg/.config/ibus/rime/default.custom.yaml > `---- > > >4 The question >============== > > How to define a package that install files to any directory under > `~/.config/'?
Hi, I think packages cannot install files outside the store. Maybe you could try and see, whether ibus looks at a special environment variable to find configs in another directory, too. Then you could define that environment variable in your package and it will be added to your guix profile. I dont know ibus, but: Otherwise you may need to adjust the system-wide installed ibus package and add that configuration that you want to it. Martin
