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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-08 23:31:02 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-08 23:31:02 +0200
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doc: Suggest unpacking the binary tarball in /tmp.
Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> and others. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Suggest unpacking in /tmp rather than /.
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@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ kernel Linux, and so on.
As @code{root}, run:
@example
-# cd /
+# cd /tmp
# tar xf guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz
+# mv var/guix /var/ && mv gnu /
@end example
This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}) and @file{/var/guix}.