Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Thank you for correcting me. I am not very familiar with dpkg and did not appreciate this point.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
I have these entries in .bashrc
LANG="en_US.utf8"
export LANG
export
INFOPATH="/home/gsmyli_tr8/.guix-profile/share/info${INFOPATH:+:}$INFOPATH"
export PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:$HOME/.guix-profile/sbin:${PATH}"
export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
I also ran:
localectl list-locales
sudo locale-gen en_US
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
sudo update-locale
So far, still "Invalid argument"
Thanks, I'll seek help at
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/help/
Since guix did get me hexchat maybe I'll try using #guix channel on
irc.freenode.net.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
So it seems you have installed the glibc-locales. You also have the smaller glibc-utf8-locales package as well so perhaps they is a conflict between the two. This seems unlikely though. Can you also double check you have set the GUIX-LOCPATH environment correctly? Otherwise, I'm at a loss so you may want to seek help on the help-guix mailing list.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
The method described by ADFENO is the correct method to achieve this. Thanks ADFENO.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
I'm not sure how GNOME works, but perhaps we must restart your current user seesion for the icons to take effect. Simply go to the applications menu (the one with Trisquel logo), and go to "close/end session" this will close all your current applications, so make sure to save things or to have your documents edited through applications like GNU Screen and GNU Emacs.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
ADFENO, thank you for those instructions, here is a summary of what I did. My install of Flidas did not have a .local/share/icons directory so I added the step to make it. **Installing brasero via guix package with goal of getting it into the main menu.** cd ~/.local/share mkdir icons guix package -i adwaita-icon-theme guix package -i hicolor-icon-theme cd icons ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/icons/Adwaita" ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/icons/hicolor" guix package -i brasero cd ~/.local/share/applications ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/applications/brasero.desktop" After these steps I saw an entry for Brasero in the 'Sound and Video' section of Main Menu but the icon was generic. It sort of looks like a square piece of black film with the lower right corner curled up. I used doolio's tip: Control Center > Main Menu > Sound and Video > Brasero > (left click) Properties > and click on the icon upper right corner > and navigated to ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/brasero.png > Open and the icon showed up in the Control Center > Main Menu dialog. It did not show up in the actual Main Menu but after I rebooted, it was there. And clicking on it brings up Brasero so all is good for Brasero. It seems like Control Center > Appearance should list the Adwaita Theme but it does not. It seems like selection of an appropriate icon should be automatic (and now after a reboot maybe it will be, I'll look for another package from the guix packages to install). Thanks again for you guidance, it has been a big help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
I forgot to continue writting: In this later case of misbehaving .desktop file, it's often needed to *copy* the .desktop file that is made available in the Guix profile of the current user, and modify it for your needes. When done, perhaps you can send a git/unified patch to Guix project so that they apply your modifications (and you also get the chance to put your copyright holder line in the relevant files, so you can participate in some decision making and license compliance enforcement in the future, if you so desire).
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
* Why somethings are missing?
Guix is managed *per-user* , so one must do most things per-user
depending on what must be done. Of course, somethings aren't needed,
e.g.: Installing graphical programs or icon themes for root user
(because root user doesn't really use these that much).
* Regarding missing icons
Install "adwaita-icon-theme" and "hicolor-icon-theme" from Guix, then
make a symbolic link to the resulting "Adwaita" and "hicolor"
directories (that are inside the user's Guix profile), like so:
(Note: remember to use `ln` with the `-s`/`--symbolic` option, and keep
paths relative so that things are easier to move around to other
computers or users, that is, remember to use the the triple "../" shown
here).
$ cd ".local/share/icons"
$ ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/icons/Adwaita"
$ ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/icons/hicolor"
* Missing application launchers in the menu
After installing an application, their .desktop files (application
launchers) are available in "$GUIX_PROFILE/share/applications".
For example, suppose I just installed GnuCash and Icecat for my current
user, then I do:
$ cd ".local/share/applications"
$ ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/applications/gnucash.desktop"
$ ln -s "../../../.guix-profile/share/applications/icecat.desktop"
Some applications still don't have the .desktop file, or it's not doing
all that it's supposed to do (e.g.: *Suppose* VLC doesn't appear in the
"Open with" right-mouse menu when clicking on some files, then this
might be an issue with the vlc.desktop file, or with your user's "mime"*
files in the same directory (".local/share/applications") or in
"/usr/share/applications", or in some other place people knowledgeable
of customization might have to englighten us. ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
guix package -I warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument gs-fonts8.11out /gnu/store/mh3mx042h5ayvg9mgmfln4kwvs102lzp-gs-fonts-8.11 font-dejavu 2.37out /gnu/store/8rid533v40vawypqqckxx6v30sc89yby-font-dejavu-2.37 font-gnu-freefont-ttf 20120503out /gnu/store/dl11724dj1z6dsw7i82jmavk75ixp0b8-font-gnu-freefont-ttf-20120503 glibc-utf8-locales 2.24out /gnu/store/bhj5xdwwd2dg770lmlks7hyny8vzjm9x-glibc-utf8-locales-2.24 glibc-locales 2.24out /gnu/store/hyi7svs0ds79wrcg5l0nr36zzjikqj7i-glibc-locales-2.24 emacs 25.1out /gnu/store/6l2fiqgj4g1018xkqn3mfyrj9r2zh9k6-emacs-25.1 alsa-modular-synth 2.1.2 out /gnu/store/0f4drni8gikx09sq1bfp4ymbvnarfa42-alsa-modular-synth-2.1.2 avidemux2.6.12 out /gnu/store/ajxz0h6i3h3809di9qf8n7hjzp8g3gkg-avidemux-2.6.12 extremetuxracer 0.7.4 out /gnu/store/i1rp7jy9frxivnqwmi3a8dz57jsmbqp7-extremetuxracer-0.7.4 ffmpeg 3.2.4 out /gnu/store/m8vd71axx8n6jbq8pdm8iqrn9qkvnb74-ffmpeg-3.2.4 folks 0.11.2 out /gnu/store/h7kpmcklpf1hpz4fiqln3m1sn0ni2jrs-folks-0.11.2 mysql 5.7.17 out /gnu/store/ylybbdz5xi8xvcvs4qanyjp047sg424a-mysql-5.7.17 tor 0.2.9.9 out /gnu/store/0p09qsfpyhscxp250wcsld9nbwkgdpzn-tor-0.2.9.9 sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8 out /gnu/store/xyyvrbkzb5331c7ggzqzsv90hrn40f7d-sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Can you post the output of (as your normal user) guix package -I
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Good tip, avidemux is listed in the sound and video section. Cool.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
And if you want to add a menu item do so as in the attached screenshot. You can then add this to your desktop panel as well.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Thanks, that worked. I thought I had done that as regular user but I guess not.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Yes, as they work off different repositories and databases.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Add the following to your .(bash)rc file. This will add the guix pacakages to
your path and make them available via the command line. So you should just be
able to type avidemux3_qt5 for example or 'avi then ' would probably be
enough to find it too.
export PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:$HOME/.guix-profile/sbin:${PATH}"
export GUIX_LOCPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale
You are getting the error
warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
most likely because you installed the locale for the root user and not your
normal user and/or you did not define the GUIX_LOCPATH environment variable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
I have managed to get extremetuxracer and avidemux working via guix package. Cool! I thought it might be good to post a 'how to' for guix on flidas. Would like to help out and unfortunately I am not a good programmer but could maybe add to documentation. I do have some remaining issues however. 1. extremetuxracer and avidemux or any other fsf install comes without any icon or entry to my start menu. The programs also were not found as commands from the terminal. I finally found I could get them running from the terminal like this: /gnu/store/ajxz0h6i3h3809di9qf8n7hjzp8g3gkg-avidemux-2.6.12/bin/avidemux3_qt5 of course, this part, /gnu/store/ajxz0h6i3h3809di9qf8n7hjzp8g3gkg, is different for every program so it takes a little work to locate and create the actual path for the command. This doesn't seem very user friendly. Am I missing something? It's not a deal breaker, will be fun to try to make my own icons and launchers, etc. 2. Maybe this is related, I don't know but I have tried multiple fixes for this warning and still I get this error: $ guix pull warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument ADFENO's point re authorizing substitutes was taken too late and first attempts to install emacs took hours and guix was filling up my partition. But I was able to add that step and after running the garbage collection command the situation seems better: /usr is 4.2 GB, /gnu is 3.1 GB and /var 1.1 GB on a 25.5 GB partition.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Can I use both Guix and apt?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
It's probably best also to get G++ in which case this command should do it if you want version 5 of GCC: sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-5 100 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-5
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
As a personal rule of thumb I run `guix pull` *before any* `guix package` command that involves `-u`/`--upgrade` or `-i`/`--install` options. I do this both for root and for normal users, but this is just my personal choice.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
First and foremost, you must decide if you will authorize your copy of Guix to trust the default build/substitutes/derivations service provider (that is, the Guix project itself), the installation guide you followed explains how to trust the default substitutes service provider (at step 7), it's important that you follow that section if you don't want your own computer to try to build the universe. Also, there are other package recipe and substitutes service providers around the world of course, but these you have to find and add by yourself. As you have seen, Guix is package manager which allows the user to add custom packages, custom repositories, and custom substitutes. And, of course, after doing step 7, do the following as root: # guix pull Then you can proceed to do as the guide tells, for example: This finishes the root-user-level installation. However, as you said: `guix package -i hello` doesn't do what you expect, this means *both* of the two things: 1. You're trying to run guix as normal user. 2. The `guix` command wasn't made available by the root user to the other users, so you must have skipped step 6.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
No, the daemon is a service that allows you to interact with the guix package store (/gnu/store). It is responsible for building packages on behalf of users and for downloading pre-built binaries from authorized sources. I don't believe guix notifies you of updates plus I don't see a need for it to do so. It follows a rolling release model where the available packages are built daily I believe. To get the latest updates of the packages you install you have to execute: guix pull Note, this will initially install guix itself! So, you use guix to update guix. How often you run guix pull is a question I posed to the mailing list and the response was that it is based on your feelings wrt security and stability.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
tomlukeywood, I think you need to tell your operating system to use the new GCC you installed. You can see here how to get GCC 4.9 working (just adjust the command after the installation of GCC 4.9 to the GCC of your choosing): https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-install-twinkle-version-19-trisquel-7
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Awesome. It's still going. I may have posted the link commands backwards as I was scrolling up the history in the shell and probably posted them in the reverse order. What does the daemon do? Look for updates? I guess I might try to reverse the process done choosing systemd or maybe I can set up a cron like script to get it going. 'So once the hello package under root installs check that it was successful by checking the list of installed packages with: guix package 'I Then you close that root terminal and use guix with your normal user account.' I look forward to doing those steps. I guess I might try to reverse the process done choosing systemd or maybe I can set up a cron like script to get it going.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
haha, yes it does look that way. You should only need to install the glibc locales as your normal user. I did initially as root but then had to repeat it for my normal user account. In fact, I believe each unique user on the machine needs to install the glibc locales. So once the hello package under root installs check that it was successful by checking the list of installed packages with: guix package 'I Then you close that root terminal and use guix with your normal user account.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Thanks again doolio. But eeks, what have I done! I saw running systemctl list-units: guix-daemon.service loaded active running Build daemon for GNU Guix so the daemon is running, I can just start it manually whenever I want it. I did do the Build-Environment-Setup. I tried a command guix package -i glibc-locales bash: guix: command not found as sudo also same result. I found the steps to make the command available and tried guix package -i hello as root and now it's going nuts, looks like it's downloading the universe!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
I have installed GCC5 using this PPA but i get the same error message: requires at least GCC 5.0 (found 4.8.5)
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
This may also help resolve your issue. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3010
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Regarding build users: As far as the documentation goes: The average users need not to be members of the "guixbuild" group.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
As I've explained I didn't encounter this error. If you run 'top' and search (CTL-L) for 'guix' do you see the guix-daemon running? If so then you've been successful in starting the daemon. Then I suggest you restart your machine and see if the daemon is running after booting up again by searching under top.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
In which order did you attempt to make the series of `ln` commands? It seems you made it in inverse order. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Trisquel 7 doesn't use systemd entirely. It does have Upstart instead (this is what I chose in the step that you are right now).
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Yes, for that step I had to use the Upstart commands instead. It seems on Trisquel 7 at least the init system is Upstart and not systemd. # ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/ # start guix-daemon As for adding your user to the guix group that should have been handled by step 4 which linked to this page: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Build-Environment-Setup
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Thanks for the confirmation. Really appreciate the help :) So I did move it to /tmp and was able to proceed. Now at step 5 I chose the 'If your host distro uses the systemd init system' option I get: systemctl start guix-daemon && systemctl enable guix-daemon Failed to execute operation: Too many levels of symbolic links I have created these links ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/ ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile ~root/.guix-profile Any ideas?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Have question re https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation Step 2 As root, run: # cd /tmp # tar --warning=no-timestamp -xf \ guix-binary-0.12.0.system.tar.xz # mv var/guix /var/ && mv gnu / and I get tar: guix-binary-0.12.0.system.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Did the manual just forget to tell one to move the tarball to the /tmp directory? I am trying this in Flidas.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Yes, it omitted that point.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Here you go. If anything is not clear feel free to ask. https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
how can install guix package manager in trisquel
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7
Perhaps consider installing the Guix package manager. With it you can currently install any (or all) of gcc 4.7.4, 4.8.5, 4.9.4, 5.4.0, 6.3.0 (see link below) so it would be possible to use the gcc specifically required by your program. The Guix packages are based on a rolling release model so they should always have the latest version available for the packages they currently provide. Their list of packages is still small compared to those available in the Trisquel repositories but it is growing all the time. The other advantage is you can be confident they only provide free software packages and is a much better option that some random ppa. I've recently done a fresh install of Trisquel 7 and have been using Guix almost exclusively as my package manager. For anything it doesn't have I can always fall back to the Trisquel repositories. https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/g.html
