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Solene'% : What is going on in Nix community? (dataswamp.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does Guix have a Nix Home Manager + nixpkgs equivalent? I currently use them to install packages on other distros, but with nixpkgs maintainers leaving in droves, I'm looking for alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Take a look at this Guix blog post. https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2022/keeping-ones-home-tidy/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I am interested in GNU Guix, and I've tried the OS (on x86 platforms) a few times but found it quite slow to install and perform the next steps.When I searched today for running GNU Guix on Raspberry Pi 4 I can't find clear instructions or whether it will work.Am I missing something ?I guess I can run the Guix package manager on top of for example Debian, and then learn some more Guix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I guess I can run the Guix package manager on top of for example Debian, and then learn some more Guix.

I'd suggest doing that first and checking the state of the packages you need.

I gave up on guix completely for now when I tried to use it on top of Debian and found that the docker major version is 20, while nix has 24, 25, and 26. If I remember correctly even the native Debian package was ahead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The best information I can find on getting Guix on the Raspberry Pi is the issues page for nonguix https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/128

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

t y !