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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system. |
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Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:01:28 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:
> * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note about no need for a
> virtual machine.
I moved the paragraph one level above, to “Installation”, and rephrased
it a bit to match the intro (see below.)
Thanks for the suggestion!
Ludo’.
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux
system. If,
instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system,
@pxref{System Installation}.
address@hidden foreign distro
+When installed on a running GNU/Linux system---thereafter called a
address@hidden address@hidden complements the available tools
+without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
+usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
+system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
+
@menu
* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
@@ -1096,6 +1103,7 @@ daemons on the same machine.
@node Application Setup
@section Application Setup
address@hidden foreign distro
When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a
so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to
get everything in place. Here are some of them.
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