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:
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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
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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...
--
eduardo mercovich
Donde se cruzan tus talentos
con las necesidades del mundo,
ahí está tu vocación.
(Anónimo)
