On 10/02/2017 at 09:15 Pjotr Prins writes: > A script that would install the binary install package of Guix would > be very useful. It should unpack the tarball into /gnu/store and > /var/guix (checking nothing is there), set the keys and (optionally) > the build users. Ideally we should have: > > wget install.sh > sudo sh install.sh > - fetchin' guix... > - unpacking guix... > - installing guix... > - fetching keys... > - set build users... > - running guix pull... > guix package -i hello > (binary installs...) > > They keys of main substitute servers should just work. > > I just went through helping someone install Guix remotely and it is > *too* painful. He is an experienced devop(!) It took hours, mostly > because he forgot to set the keys correctly (Guix gives no proper > feedback). [...]
I don't see how we can recommend Guix with a clear conscience if we don't automate these tedious steps, at least for a few popular distributions. FWIW, the last time I grappled with a binary install (guix-0.9.0 in Mar 2016 on Debian), I found a makefile to be the most handy way to automate install/uninstall. I'm not posting it because it doesn't work w/ Guix 0.15.0, but happy to provide to anyone interested. - George
