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This document describes GNU Guix version 0.9.0, a functional package management tool written for the GNU system.
| • Introduction: | What is Guix about? | |
| • Installation: | Installing Guix. | |
| • Package Management: | Package installation, upgrade, etc. | |
| • Emacs Interface: | Using Guix from Emacs. | |
| • Programming Interface: | Using Guix in Scheme. | |
| • Utilities: | Package management commands. | |
| • GNU Distribution: | Software for your friendly GNU system. | |
| • Contributing: | Your help needed! | |
| • Acknowledgments: | Thanks! | |
| • GNU Free Documentation License: | The license of this manual. | |
| • Concept Index: | Concepts. | |
| • Programming Index: | Data types, functions, and variables. | |
— The Detailed Node Listing — Installation | ||
| • Binary Installation: | Getting Guix running in no time! | |
| • Requirements: | Software needed to build and run Guix. | |
| • Running the Test Suite: | Testing Guix. | |
| • Setting Up the Daemon: | Preparing the build daemon’s environment. | |
| • Invoking guix-daemon: | Running the build daemon. | |
| • Application Setup: | Application-specific setup. | |
Setting Up the Daemon | ||
| • Build Environment Setup: | Preparing the isolated build environment. | |
| • Daemon Offload Setup: | Offloading builds to remote machines. | |
Package Management | ||
| • Features: | How Guix will make your life brighter. | |
| • Invoking guix package: | Package installation, removal, etc. | |
| • Substitutes: | Downloading pre-built binaries. | |
| • Packages with Multiple Outputs: | Single source package, multiple outputs. | |
| • Invoking guix gc: | Running the garbage collector. | |
| • Invoking guix pull: | Fetching the latest Guix and distribution. | |
| • Invoking guix archive: | Exporting and importing store files. | |
Emacs Interface | ||
| • Initial Setup: | Preparing ~/.emacs. | |
| • Package Management: | Managing packages and generations. | |
| • Popup Interface: | Magit-like interface for guix commands. | |
| • Prettify Mode: | Abbreviating /gnu/store/… file names. | |
| • Build Log Mode: | Highlighting Guix build logs. | |
| • Completions: | Completing guix shell command.
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| • Development: | Tools for Guix developers. | |
Programming Interface | ||
| • Defining Packages: | Defining new packages. | |
| • Build Systems: | Specifying how packages are built. | |
| • The Store: | Manipulating the package store. | |
| • Derivations: | Low-level interface to package derivations. | |
| • The Store Monad: | Purely functional interface to the store. | |
| • G-Expressions: | Manipulating build expressions. | |
Defining Packages | ||
| • package Reference: | The package data type. | |
| • origin Reference: | The origin data type. | |
Utilities | ||
| • Invoking guix build: | Building packages from the command line. | |
| • Invoking guix edit: | Editing package definitions. | |
| • Invoking guix download: | Downloading a file and printing its hash. | |
| • Invoking guix hash: | Computing the cryptographic hash of a file. | |
| • Invoking guix import: | Importing package definitions. | |
| • Invoking guix refresh: | Updating package definitions. | |
| • Invoking guix lint: | Finding errors in package definitions. | |
| • Invoking guix size: | Profiling disk usage. | |
| • Invoking guix graph: | Visualizing the graph of packages. | |
| • Invoking guix environment: | Setting up development environments. | |
| • Invoking guix publish: | Sharing substitutes. | |
| • Invoking guix challenge: | Challenging substitute servers. | |
| • Invoking guix container: | Process isolation. | |
GNU Distribution | ||
| • System Installation: | Installing the whole operating system. | |
| • System Configuration: | Configuring the operating system. | |
| • Installing Debugging Files: | Feeding the debugger. | |
| • Security Updates: | Deploying security fixes quickly. | |
| • Package Modules: | Packages from the programmer’s viewpoint. | |
| • Packaging Guidelines: | Growing the distribution. | |
| • Bootstrapping: | GNU/Linux built from scratch. | |
| • Porting: | Targeting another platform or kernel. | |
System Configuration | ||
| • Using the Configuration System: | Customizing your GNU system. | |
| • operating-system Reference: | Detail of operating-system declarations. | |
| • File Systems: | Configuring file system mounts. | |
| • Mapped Devices: | Block device extra processing. | |
| • User Accounts: | Specifying user accounts. | |
| • Locales: | Language and cultural convention settings. | |
| • Services: | Specifying system services. | |
| • Setuid Programs: | Programs running with root privileges. | |
| • X.509 Certificates: | Authenticating HTTPS servers. | |
| • Name Service Switch: | Configuring libc’s name service switch. | |
| • Initial RAM Disk: | Linux-Libre bootstrapping. | |
| • GRUB Configuration: | Configuring the boot loader. | |
| • Invoking guix system: | Instantiating a system configuration. | |
| • Defining Services: | Adding new service definitions. | |
Services | ||
| • Base Services: | Essential system services. | |
| • Networking Services: | Network setup, SSH daemon, etc. | |
| • X Window: | Graphical display. | |
| • Desktop Services: | D-Bus and desktop services. | |
| • Database Services: | SQL databases. | |
| • Web Services: | Web servers. | |
| • Various Services: | Other services. | |
Defining Services | ||
| • Service Composition: | The model for composing services. | |
| • Service Types and Services: | Types and services. | |
| • Service Reference: | API reference. | |
| • dmd Services: | A particular type of service. | |
Packaging Guidelines | ||
| • Software Freedom: | What may go into the distribution. | |
| • Package Naming: | What’s in a name? | |
| • Version Numbers: | When the name is not enough. | |
| • Synopses and Descriptions: | Helping users find the right package. | |
| • Python Modules: | Taming the snake. | |
| • Perl Modules: | Little pearls. | |
| • Fonts: | Fond of fonts. | |
Contributing | ||
| • Building from Git: | The latest and greatest. | |
| • Running Guix Before It Is Installed: | Hacker tricks. | |
| • The Perfect Setup: | The right tools. | |
| • Coding Style: | Hygiene of the contributor. | |
| • Submitting Patches: | Share your work. | |
Coding Style | ||
| • Programming Paradigm: | How to compose your elements. | |
| • Modules: | Where to store your code? | |
| • Data Types and Pattern Matching: | Implementing data structures. | |
| • Formatting Code: | Writing conventions. | |
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