Everyday Package Management with GNU Guix

[@kurtwilliams982]

Coming from NixOS - I'd been really tentative to try any "guix install" style of package management. This has set me much more at ease, and will stop me bricking my next install. Thank you.

[@thebluecasket]

Love seeing Guix content on here. Thanks David. :)

[@SystemCrafters]

Thanks Mark!

[@m.m3633]

Why it does not show the dependencies of the our installed packages? How can I see the full list of all installed packages + all their dependencies (like in traditional package managers)? BTW, why it does not ask for confirmations at all? Even when you are about to remove a package? I know that there are generations and the concept of rollbacks, but it would be nicer if it asked for confirmation to avoid extra work of rolling back.

[@CristianMolina]

Guix sounds so cool! I hope to learn it and use it together with some Guile magic. Thanks for this videos.

[@prashanttak1085]

Thanks for the extremely informational and approachable videos on guix David!

[@SystemCrafters]

Thanks Prashant!

[@admasnd]

I agree. Prior to this video, I didn’t know you could use regexes for package search. Super useful!

[@malcolmkahora5318]

Awesome I’m starting to understand guix more and more

[@ameertaweel9278]

GUIX is a great tool and I would really like more content about it in the channel 🔥☝️

[@SystemCrafters]

I'll be making plenty more videos about it!

[@Cookiekeks]

The ability to upgrade individual packages is huge

[@lrdass]

the only thing missing now is a cool fully featured shell in lisp

[@mastergamer4335]

35:50 it says "No space left on device" so you do not have any more space on the device it wanna install it to. and if thats the root partition then if your unlucky you cant boot your system anymore. So check that

[@GrantGandy]

Enjoying your content. Keep up the excellent work!

[@SystemCrafters]

Thanks Grant!

[@mactheknifeguinness]

thanks for the amazing content. what do you think of nyxt?

[@user-ui8my9zs7o]

Any more plans for these vids?

[@Айдер_Нурмухаммедов]

Hi. How i can add wifi in notebook guix ? I install guix, and it dont see my wifi adapter

[@SystemCrafters]

Check out the video I have for full system installation, I describe how to do that

[@Айдер_Нурмухаммедов]

@@SystemCrafters I see this video. But, i have another problem. Guix don't see my notebook wifi device. This problem also occurred during installation. But I used a usb Wi-Fi adapter. After installation, GuiX did not see the USB Wi-Fi adapter and the Wi-Fi device. What can I do in this situation? P.S: I have Windows and Slackware installed nearby. And Wi-Fi is working there.

[@Айдер_Нурмухаммедов]

​@@SystemCraftersHello again. I think I've figured out what the problem is. I am currently using the new Acer Aspire A315-59G. In the morning I tried to install everything on the old Acer Aspire ES1-571-31J2, and everything worked. Apparently, support for such equipment has not yet been added. Thanks

[@Айдер_Нурмухаммедов]

Can I install proprietary drivers in guix ?

[@SystemCrafters]

Check the Nonguix repo for the drivers you need, that's the place where all the proprietary stuff is added

[@Айдер_Нурмухаммедов]

@@SystemCrafters Thank you very much 😋👍

[@Syncratci]

What's that symbol in your shell prompt? Some sort of indian word?

[@SystemCrafters]

That's the "om" symbol which you often see linked to Buddhism (probably other faiths too). I put it there to remind myself to be a little more mindful of what I'm doing. Now I don't even see it because I don't pay attention :)

[@Syncratci]

@@SystemCrafters Ah that's pretty cool. Visually it looks pretty aesthetic too.

[@liftlinux9421]

There was also a lambda sign I guess

[@SystemCrafters]

I guess it didn't occur to me that the lambda is what they were referring to :)

[@Syncratci]

@@SystemCraftersall good. I know what lambda is 😁

[@dulanjala]

looks like guix is really bloated... according to the ton of things it pulled..

[@florianfelix8295]

Dude you have no idea about this kind of os.

[@0netom]

You keep apologizing for how long your videos are. I think it's impossible for your videos to be too long! But maybe as a Hungarian, I have an unusual perspective. We have a Hungarian movie, which is 7.5 hours long: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1t%C3%A1ntang%C3%B3 ;D You are giving answers to exactly those questions what a newcomer - who is otherwise experienced - might ask!

[@SystemCrafters]

Wow 7.5 hours! Thanks Tamas :)