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* README: Update intro a bit. (Installing Guix as non-root): Remove as it's largely outdated. (Contact): Update.
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domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to describe how packages are to be
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domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to describe how packages are to be
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built and composed.
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built and composed.
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A user-land free software distribution for GNU/Linux comes as part of
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GNU Guix can be used on top of an already-installed GNU/Linux distribution, or
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Guix.
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it can be used standalone (we call that “Guix System”).
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Guix is based on the [[https://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]] package manager.
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Guix is based on the [[https://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]] package manager.
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`derivation' primitive, as well as higher-level wrappers such as
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`derivation' primitive, as well as higher-level wrappers such as
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`build-expression->derivation'.
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`build-expression->derivation'.
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Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the Guix or Nix daemon (the
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Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the build daemon (the =guix-daemon=
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=guix-daemon= or =nix-daemon= command), which in turn performs builds
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command), which in turn performs builds and accesses to the store on its
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and accesses to the Nix store on its behalf. The RPCs are implemented
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behalf. The RPCs are implemented in the (guix store) module.
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in the (guix store) module.
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* Installing Guix as non-root
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The Guix daemon allows software builds to be performed under alternate
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user accounts, which are normally created specifically for this
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purpose. For instance, you may have a pool of accounts in the
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=guixbuild= group, and then you can instruct =guix-daemon= to use them
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like this:
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$ guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
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However, unless it is run as root, =guix-daemon= cannot switch users.
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In that case, it falls back to using a setuid-root helper program call
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=nix-setuid-helper=. That program is not setuid-root by default when
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you install it; instead you should run a command along these lines
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(assuming Guix is installed under /usr/local):
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# chown root.root /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
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# chmod 4755 /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
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* Contact
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* Contact
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GNU Guix is hosted at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/guix/.
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GNU Guix is hosted at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/guix/.
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Please email <bug-guix@gnu.org> for bug reports or questions regarding
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Please email <help-guix@gnu.org> for questions and <bug-guix@gnu.org> for bug
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Guix and its distribution; email <gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org> for
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reports; email <gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org> for general issues regarding the
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general issues regarding the GNU system.
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GNU system.
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Join #guix on irc.freenode.net.
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Join #guix on irc.freenode.net.
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