Hi, A few months ago I wrote:
https://the-dam.org/docs/explanations/GarbageCollection.html I believe the graphics are helpful in helping new users understand how the store and profiles work. If you think they should be in the documentation, maybe we could work towards including them in it. It will not be easy because of a dependency on ditaa, but we can try. If they don't belong in the official documentation, maybe we could link to the article from the documentation ? Cheers, Edouard. Eduardo Mercovich <[email protected]> writes: > Dear Guix people. > > I'm new to Guix, trying it over and old Debian 10 before doing the > change. While my use is still quite basic, I and very happy with it and it is > highly probable that will change to Guix as a full OS soon (also, I use > emacs a lot, although I'm no programmer, so it seems that there is even > a bit more alignment). However, I have one issue that -while searched- still > am > not > understanding and it is creating me problems: guix is taking a lot (and > worst, increasing) amount of Gb on disk. Each time there is an update, > more Gb are used, even if I try to clean after using the garbage > collector leaving only the last version (based on > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/es/guix.es.html#Invocaci_00f3n-de-guix-gc > , I use it in Spanish). I have these packages installed: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > youtube-dl 2021.12.17 out > /gnu/store/a6bhr85yin39wmcz81rnq1zdzrzgixz8-youtube-dl-2021.12.17 > glibc-locales 2.41 out > /gnu/store/vaq9j09i3qln1cj6d363r629y3a59krj-glibc-locales-2.41 > ntp 4.2.8p18 out > /gnu/store/kzxkxfkwsbp3fjy77qgvcfa4k599f2qq-ntp-4.2.8p18 > python 3.11.11 out > /gnu/store/ikfgcgcn91fa6hpvixdx6aw5xmn78jc9-python-3.11.11 > rbw 1.14.1 out > /gnu/store/w9xiw42xcq3qrv8yzfij9xxz64yp90fm-rbw-1.14.1 > isync 1.5.1 out > /gnu/store/fi4f169h2bailzi31ky1v6gzknm5873h-isync-1.5.1 > texlive-etbb 2025.2 out > /gnu/store/prh7rsympbc2gmdx6gfbrlb434ycmjra-texlive-etbb-2025.2 > python-wrapper 3.11.11 out > /gnu/store/6j7j50fqj1cmian9q3chjcz371pxvxmv-python-wrapper-3.11.11 > powertop 2.15 out > /gnu/store/b11lk53h290p8q3ch0biv3i39i80bdcy-powertop-2.15 > git 2.51.0 out > /gnu/store/pzbc4fhf582sj6cplpwsiq624prlgym2-git-2.51.0 > cryptsetup 2.8.0 out > /gnu/store/8vrygj68gck65pinn0cxxs33asagmnbh-cryptsetup-2.8.0 > zulip-desktop 5.11.1 out > /gnu/store/3vkxrs2gm2bfabzxrykzcjkq87xlg8rb-zulip-desktop-5.11.1 > librewolf 142.0.1-1 out > /gnu/store/7dfg0s57wh93p5zsfqql0a7g3vpz2d8s-librewolf-142.0.1-1 > ungoogled-chromium 139.0.7258.154-1 out > /gnu/store/7426d0a5dndp073bl8vx4jk4j4gcjqpz-ungoogled-chromium-139.0.7258.154-1 > yarn 1.22.22 out > /gnu/store/rqnpz7wv4aw5ppx4zy0lvqba28261kbv-yarn-1.22.22 > texlive 20250308 out > /gnu/store/d9wy7aivpp6zw6v2m6x32ql79vanvkz7-texlive-20250308 > texlive-librebaskerville2025.2 out > /gnu/store/3qlg2ixla6q9bdks5cy8g4328kclwdrm-texlive-librebaskerville-2025.2 > clipmenu 6.2.0-1.7c34ace out > /gnu/store/7bpnx74aizwnxq0w4hk7k4wxs5wcjd3h-clipmenu-6.2.0-1.7c34ace > gnuplot 6.0.1 out > /gnu/store/ixzfdr4mnknscq86hgjcxav7l7sk4ims-gnuplot-6.0.1 > tlp 1.8.0 out > /gnu/store/cslnn5gh4xx9d38mfwf7zh8yz84sxhyx-tlp-1.8.0 > yt-dlp 2025.09.05 out > /gnu/store/zsc0zzlz5fb3ypd739slhvqlzjck0kl9-yt-dlp-2025.09.05 > texlive-inter 2025.2 out > /gnu/store/2safbg6hn08kjhv7bn5qgz58bglk0qi0-texlive-inter-2025.2 > gnome-tweaks 46.1 out > /gnu/store/swwlz7q1vcyd51l6svqm1289kiabbr1c-gnome-tweaks-46.1 > google-chrome-stable 139.0.7258.127 out > /gnu/store/2xli5ydwvy8wmkbxvpd2533f19nswm01-google-chrome-stable-139.0.7258.127 > signal-desktop 7.69.0 out > /gnu/store/ld0iivm9h090ykbygp8g61nrxykgp9zc-signal-desktop-7.69.0 > nextcloud-client 3.8.2 out > /gnu/store/x72hphdij2bdi6iwhnlsblf4sx7pbrz6-nextcloud-client-3.8.2 > bitwarden-desktop 2025.6.1 out > /gnu/store/7h7mblqz641bxyw3i1frbaaba7qv0mng-bitwarden-desktop-2025.6.1 > tlpui 1.8.0 out > /gnu/store/g68lis1fbv60j0zmjisarr0a23b9ky62-tlpui-1.8.0 > vlc 3.0.21 out > /gnu/store/c1qlrjn0zq5amgjfmgp027wjrsy58vv3-vlc-3.0.21 > inkscape 1.3.2 out > /gnu/store/c2bawxwphkccv97lg9s8g9cl2lbqivj1-inkscape-1.3.2 > texlive-todo 2025.2 out > /gnu/store/y48mj9vvivk9mmpf96r21fsx7dzczbk2-texlive-todo-2025.2 > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > For these packages, the /gnu/store has 33,3 Gb. From those, 9 seems to > be tex-live and it's various packages, and almost 6 are in ".links/" Every > time > I update the packages a few Gbs disappears from disk. And > when I do "guix gc -F 50G" sometimes nothing is recovered. Trying to > leave only the last version seems to be the same (although I may be > doing something wrong and I could check whatever you ask me, just in > case). Is this expected? What information can I give you to help diagnose what > could be happening? > > In any case, thank you very much for sharing your time, attention and > passion. :) > > Best...
