Re: First installation - Questions

2017-07-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello Sohom, Sohom Bhattacharjee skribis: > I recently attempted to install GUIX SD on my laptop. After about 5 > initial iterations I was finally able to get GUIX SD on my laptop so > that it just worked. I used the basic config for my first try and I kept > on modifying that config for the sub

Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Niall Dooley
I'm a user of Guix but not GuixSD. Some time ago I installed Guix following the instructions in the manual and since then have installed a total of 16 packages. I'm raising this query to better understand why it takes so long for me to install any one package. Is this a consequence of my machine b

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 07:52:46PM +0100, Niall Dooley wrote: > I'm a user of Guix but not GuixSD. Some time ago I installed Guix following > the instructions in the manual and since then have installed a total of 16 > packages. I'm raising this query to better understand why it takes so long for >

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Niall Dooley
Yes, of course. Plus at the end I meant it wouldn't be the first time in my case of user error. I'm running Guix 20170710.15 as I did a `guix pull' this afternoon so I presume the most recent build. I'm currently trying to install several R related packages (only just started after my first mail)

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 08:28:15PM +0100, Niall Dooley wrote: > Yes, of course. Plus at the end I meant it wouldn't be the first time in my > case of user error. > > I'm running Guix 20170710.15 as I did a `guix pull' this afternoon so I > presume the most recent build. I'm currently trying to ins

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Niall Dooley
OK, so it has finished but unsuccessfully. The last lines of the output were as follows but none of the packages were installed. To reach this point it took about 50 mins (it started around 19:55 and finished at 20:43). The following packages will be installed: r-caret 6.0-76 /gnu/store/dybi25l

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 09:25:27PM +0100, Niall Dooley wrote: > OK, so it has finished but unsuccessfully. The last lines of the output were > as follows but none of the packages were installed. To reach this point it > took about 50 mins (it started around 19:55 and finished at 20:43). That sound

Re: Package Installation takes a very long time - normal?

2017-07-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Leo Famulari skribis: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 09:25:27PM +0100, Niall Dooley wrote: >> OK, so it has finished but unsuccessfully. The last lines of the output were >> as follows but none of the packages were installed. To reach this point it >> took about 50 mins (it started around 19:55 and fi