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Re: Application Setup on Trisquel
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: Application Setup on Trisquel |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:16:29 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Caleb,
"Caleb Herbert" <address@hidden> skribis:
> Questions for Section 2.6.2 Name Service Switch
>
> * How do I run ncsd on Trisquel?
> * Should I get ncsd from APT or Guix?
You should get nscd from Trisquel, in its ‘nscd’ package. You’ll have
more success asking Trisquel questions on Trisquel fora though. :-)
> * How do I make sure ncsd is "listening on the /var/run/nscd/socket
> socket"?
You could run “lsof | grep nscd”, but it’s likely to be the case once
nscd running.
> Questions for Section 2.6.3 X11 Fonts
>
> * Trisquel does not have xset
It surely has a package for it.
> * Should I get xset from APT or Guix?
Either way is fine.
> Setting Environment Variables
>
> The manual instructs users on foreign distros to export environment
> variables. Doing this in the shell makes the changes temporary.
> Where should these changes be made permanent? (It is bad practice to
> put environment variables in .bashrc.)
/etc/profile would be the right place.
> Integration with Trisquel
>
> Is there a way to make Trisquel's GNOME and its main menu aware of
> programs installed with Guix?
It should be possible, but I don’t know how. Anyone?
> When to Use APT
>
> Which of the following should be installed by Guix, and which should
> be installed by APT? Is there a way to install everything with Guix?
> Packages marked with * indicate that APT may be needed for
> integration with the foreign system.
In general, you can install everything with Guix. However, for system
services (nscd, sshd, etc.), you’ll usually want to use apt-get because
that’ll not only install the package but also add the relevant service
startup scripts.
HTH!
Ludo’.