September 9, 2021 2:58 PM, "Vagrant Cascadian" <vagr...@debian.org> wrote:
> On 2021-09-09, Adriano Peluso wrote: > >> I learned that in Debian 11 one can install Guix through apt > > apt install guix I just found this guide: https://ruzkuku.com/texts/debian-guix.html > > That *should* start the daemon, enable substitutes, create the build > users, etc. You shouldn't have to do anything manually. It will, of > course, be a relatively old version of guix (1.2 in bullseye/stable, 1.3 > in unstable/experimental) but you can update guix in the typical ways... > > It is pretty similar to a foreign distro install from guix's binary > releases, for the differences, see /usr/share/doc/guix/README.Debian* > >> What about updating the daemon ? > > The short of it is, the daemon doesn't get updated. It shouldn't need to > most of the time... If there are daemon-relevent security updates, then > you get updates via "apt update && apt upgrade". > > You can of course override that and manually configure guix-daemon that > you build in, say, root's profile if you want and need some new features > in the daemon. > >> What's the procedure for a Guix installed through apt ? > > apt install guix > >> And what's the procedure for updating a user profile ? > > Same as on any guix installation: > > guix pull > guix upgrade > > To some extent, it just provides a trust path from Debian to getting a > guix that you then update through the normal guix mechanisms... > > live well, > vagrant
