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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-04-05 14:04:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-04-05 18:21:23 +0200 |
| commit | dd476cfb76511063e19ac3e70afd1d5a391b47f7 (patch) | |
| tree | bf8dc15934445eb749cf0bc1e5c4dfd88a0f52f9 /doc | |
| parent | 74517806f80dab17474a3c5f0b91d437e4d4e052 (diff) | |
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guix-install.sh: Add ‘--uninstall’ flag.
* etc/guix-install.sh (REQUIRE): Add groupdel and userdel.
(chk_term): Handle ‘WAR’.
(sys_delete_store, sys_delete_build_user, sys_delete_guix_daemon)
(sys_delete_init_profile, sys_delete_user_profiles): New functions.
(main): Rename to…
(main_install): … this.
(main_uninstall): New function.
(main): Dispatch between these two.
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Refer to “Binary Installation” instead
of repeating it.
(Binary Installation): Document uninstallation.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Change-Id: I55b7c10823773bced2e268273e8ce828cb3bd98d
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 23 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 826fc05a22..6f95270fa0 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -696,12 +696,11 @@ to join! @xref{Contributing}, for information about how you can help. We recommend the use of this @uref{https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh, shell installer script} to install Guix on top of a running GNU/Linux system, -thereafter called a @dfn{foreign distro}.@footnote{This section is concerned +thereafter called a @dfn{foreign distro}@footnote{This section is concerned with the installation of the package manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux system. If, instead, you want to install the complete GNU -operating system, @pxref{System Installation}.} The script automates the -download, installation, and initial configuration of Guix. It should be run -as the root user. +operating system, @pxref{System Installation}.}. @xref{Binary +Installation}, for more information. @end quotation @cindex foreign distro @@ -758,6 +757,22 @@ chmod +x guix-install.sh ./guix-install.sh @end example +The script automates the download, installation, and initial +configuration of Guix, interactively offering various configuration +options. + +@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. + If you're running Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, you can instead install the package (it might be a version older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by running @samp{guix pull}): |