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GNU Guix provides state-of-the-art package management features such as
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transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments,
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unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level
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mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as
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native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language -- which
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makes it nicely hackable.
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Guix may be run in single or multi-user mode (which requires the
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guix-daemon). To have the guix daemon start and stop with your host,
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add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
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if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.guix ]; then
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/etc/rc.d/rc.guix start
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fi
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and to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown (creating it if needed):
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if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.guix ]; then
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/etc/rc.d/rc.guix stop
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fi
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The daemon requires users for building the guix packages, which should
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be added under the 'guixbuild' group.
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groupadd -g 316 guixbuild
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for i in `seq -w 1 10`; do
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useradd -G guixbuild \
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-d /var/empty -s `which nologin` \
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-c "Guix build user $i" -u 316 -g 316 \
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guixbuilder$i;
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done
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Restricting access to the daemon to only users in the guixbuild group
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is acheived by setting file permissions for the daemon's socket's folder.
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chgrp guixbuild /var/guix/daemon-socket
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chmod ug=rwx,o= /var/guix/daemon-socket
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Correct permissions must also be set for /var/guix/profiles to give
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users access.
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By default guix will compile in /tmp, this can be changed by exporting
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$TMPDIR. Guix will also by default store its packages in /gnu/store, to
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save space in the root partition /gnu can be mounted on another partition.
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Guix can either be built with the nix-daemon instead of the default
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guix-daemon or along side nix sharing the same store, both require nix
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as an optional dependency. To build with the nix-daemon use NIX="yes"
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and to share the store with nix use SHARE="yes".
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guile-json is an optional dependency and will allow you to use the 'guix
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import pypi' command. It is of interest primarily for developers and
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not for casual users.
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