Keith Osterheld writes:
> What's the difference between a package being downloaded into /gnu
> instead of the system profile, and when should I use the package module
> instead of installing it normally? To me it seems like the only reason
> for using a package module is for easier deployment, i
Thanks for the help! I have another question now.
> “(use-package-modules xfce)” is same as “(use-modules gnu packages xfce)”,
> it only make the ‘xfce’ module avaliable (like ‘import’ or ‘require’),
> but to actually use the 'xfce' package (exported by the ‘xfce’ module),
> you need to add it to
Keith Osterheld writes:
> Hi,
>
> How does the configuration system handle references to packages that
> aren't installed? For example, if I add (use-package-modules xfce) to my
> config file
> but I don't have xfce installed, will guix automatically install it, or
> will it throw errors?
“(use-
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:08:40 -0800
Keith Osterheld wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How does the configuration system handle references to packages that
> aren't installed? For example, if I add (use-package-modules xfce) to my
> config file
> but I don't have xfce installed, will guix automatically install it
Hi,
How does the configuration system handle references to packages that
aren't installed? For example, if I add (use-package-modules xfce) to my config
file
but I don't have xfce installed, will guix automatically install it, or
will it throw errors?
Keith
