One thing which could be done is to use https://repology.org/ to map currently installed packages from detected package managers to available packages in Guix and inform the user about missing packages. That could help.
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:18 AM Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very helpful! > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 6:37 AM Simon Tournier <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2023 at 23:49, Josh Marshall >> <joshua.r.marshall.1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I have a base minimal system of Ubuntu with Guix and Nix tacked on. I >> > would like to move everything over to Guix with Nix tacked on. Is >> > there a guide on how to do this? >> >> To me knowledge, no. >> >> Well, IMHO, the path forward would be to create a system configuration >> file based; give a look to gnu/system/examples in Guix source for >> inspiration. :-) >> >> Then test that configuration from Ubuntu by generating VM. Once you are >> more or less happy with your config.scm, then you can run it on >> bare-metal. >> >> Here, you have an incremental path with a simple feedback loop in the >> comfort of your current environment that already works. :-) >> >> Cheers, >> simon
