Re: non-root store

[Pjotr Prins]

On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 03:57:00PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> A common complaint about Guix is that it requires root permissions to
> install, which is “scary” and may seem unnecessary on single-user
> systems.  By wrapping guix-daemon so that it uses file system
> virtualization (via user namespaces, proot, or the glibc debug hack) we
> could eliminate this obstacle.

We have started providing Guix built Docker containers. Works for many
users. But yes, a native install would be much nicer.

> What do you think?  Am I missing something obvious?

I have run the guix-daemon with proot as a user in the past. So it
should be possible with user namespaces.

https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-NO-ROOT.org#run-guix-daemon-in-proot

Once you have it in proot you can install software and even build
binaries on a relative path.

It is just a bit too much for the average user. 

Pj.