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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1052f0846d..b48f988a0d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -377,9 +377,10 @@ Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below (@pxref{Build Environment Setup}). @item -Run and set the Guix daemon to automatically start on boot. +Run the daemon, and set it to automatically start on boot. -If your host distro uses the systemd init system: +If your host distro uses the systemd init system, this can be achieved +with these commands: @example # cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ @@ -390,8 +391,8 @@ If your host distro uses the systemd init system: If your host distro uses the Upstart init system: @example -# ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild # cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/ +# start guix-daemon @end example Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with: @@ -400,7 +401,6 @@ Otherwise, you can still start the daemon manually with: # ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild @end example - @item Make the @command{guix} command available to other users on the machine, for instance with: @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ authorize them: @end example @end enumerate -This completes root-level install of Guix. Each user will need to +This completes root-level install of Guix. Each user will need to perform additional steps to make their Guix envionment ready for use, @pxref{Application Setup}. @@ -446,16 +446,18 @@ the root profile: # guix package -i hello @end example -If your host distro uses @code{locales} that are incompatible with the -@code{glibc} that Guix uses, you will see @code{warning: failed to -install locale: Invalid argument}. This may be ignored, or remedied by -installing Locales as root, @pxref{Application Setup}. - The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the @command{guix} -command. In other words, don't remove @code{guix} by running @code{guix -package -r guix}. +command. In other words, do not remove @code{guix} by running +@code{guix package -r guix}. + +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 @node Requirements |