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authorFlorian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>2024-04-07 09:39:45 +0200
committerFlorian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>2024-04-07 10:29:37 +0200
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doc: Restore some of the old installation instructions.
Follow-up to 227e0469dbfec7e47b57d824dcf45a04ac4026c9. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Revert wording for installing the Debian package. Restore how to reproduce the binary tarball. Restore how to uninstall. (copying): Add copyright notice for Matthew Trzcinski. Change-Id: Ib74199e39bd7a50ac58045f2bc47f61fc04eacb9
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index bb4cb8263d..3ad44b4acb 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Saku Laesvuori@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Graham James Addis@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Tomas Volf@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Herman Rimm@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Matthew Trzcinski@*
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ provide Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix
may be older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by
running @samp{guix pull}.
-For Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, call:
+For Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, call:
@example
sudo apt install guix
@@ -803,6 +804,37 @@ When you're done installing Guix, @pxref{Application Setup} for extra
configuration you might need, and @ref{Getting Started} for your first
steps!
+@quotation Note
+The binary installation tarball can be (re)produced and verified simply
+by running the following command in the Guix source tree:
+
+@example
+make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+...@: which, in turn, runs:
+
+@example
+guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir \
+ --profile-name=current-guix guix
+@end example
+
+@xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool.
+@end quotation
+
+@cindex uninstalling Guix
+@cindex uninstallation, of Guix
+Should you eventually want to uninstall Guix, run the same script with
+the @option{--uninstall} flag:
+
+@example
+./guix-install.sh --uninstall
+@end example
+
+With @option{--uninstall}, the script irreversibly deletes all the Guix
+files, configuration, and services.
+
@node Setting Up the Daemon
@section Setting Up the Daemon