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[PATCH] Modify README to add instructions re: installing guix from guix
From: |
Alex Sassmannshausen |
Subject: |
[PATCH] Modify README to add instructions re: installing guix from guix |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:24:03 +0000 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 0.9.9; emacs 24.2.1 |
Hi,
Please find attach a tiny addition to the README to detail the
--with-libgcrypt-prefix option to be added to ./configure when building
guix from guix.
First patch, so please let me know if I made any mistakes.
Best wishes,
Alex
===File
~/Projects/guix/0001-Add-section-In-Case-of-Complications.patch===
>From 9e953d321cae6a662c2b8bab8fa4ac665795d133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Sassmannshausen <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:56:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add section 'In Case of Complications'
Section contains sub-headings, the first of which details steps required to be
carried out to install Guix using Guix. Specifically mention need to pass
--with-libgcrypt-prefix to ./configure.
---
README | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0943358..695be5c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -137,3 +137,12 @@ but exposes all the API as Scheme.
- The [[http://www.gnu.org/s/gsrc/][GNU Source Release Collection]] (GSRC)
is a user-land software
distribution; unlike Guix, it relies on core tools available on the
host system
+* In Case of Complications
+** Guix from Guix
+ You can re-install (re-make && make install) Guix using a system that
+ already runs Guix. To do so:
+ - install the Guix dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
+ - re-run the configure script passing it the option
+ --with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/
+ - run make
+ - run sudo make install
--
1.7.10.4
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- [PATCH] Modify README to add instructions re: installing guix from guix,
Alex Sassmannshausen <=