On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31:36AM +0100, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > ~~~~ > ./bootstrap > ./configure --localstatedir=some_directory > ~~~~ > > But here I am facing a problem. I have no clue what to set the > `--localstatedir=directory` to. The docs tell me it is important, but I see no > instructions on how to choose a directory for the local state, when I have > already a Guix installed (binary installation on foreign distro).
The manual section Building From Git says this: "Then, run ./configure as usual. Make sure to pass --localstatedir=directory where directory is the localstatedir value used by your current installation (see The Store, for information about this), usually /var." Did you try using '/var'?
