GNU bug report logs - #70681
"guix pull" fails on Trisquel

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From: Caleb Herbert <csh <at> bluehome.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: "guix pull" fails on Trisquel
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:08:31 -0500

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Hi Guix,

Should the docs recommend against using packaged versions of Guix on 
foreign distros?

I installed Guix with the Trisquel package.  When I ran "guix pull", it 
failed and told me to post the output here.  I've attached the 
transcript of my terminal session with "guix pull" on Trisquel.

I tried doing "apt purge guix" and installing Guix using the installer 
script, but the script "detected" an already-existing Guix installation. 
 I guess "apt purge" didn't really "purge" enough.

I'm now unable to install Guix in a way that will let me pull.

-- 
Caleb S. Herbert
https://bluehome.net/csh/

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Message #8 received at 70681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Caleb Herbert <csh <at> bluehome.net>
Cc: 70681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70681: "guix pull" fails on Trisquel
Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 12:34:14 -0400

Hi Caleb,

Caleb Herbert <csh <at> bluehome.net> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> Should the docs recommend against using packaged versions of Guix on
> foreign distros?
>
> I installed Guix with the Trisquel package.  When I ran "guix pull",
> it failed and told me to post the output here.  I've attached the
> transcript of my terminal session with "guix pull" on Trisquel.
>
> I tried doing "apt purge guix" and installing Guix using the installer
> script, but the script "detected" an already-existing Guix
> installation.   I guess "apt purge" didn't really "purge" enough.
>
> I'm now unable to install Guix in a way that will let me pull.

A workaround would look like:

# rm -rf /var/guix /gnu

Then try the guix-install script again.  There's also an undocumented
variable to "overwrite" the current installation; consult the script if
you want to use that.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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