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@xref{package Reference}, for a full description of possible fields.
+@quotation Going further
+@cindex Scheme programming language, getting started
+Intimidated by the Scheme language or curious about it? The Cookbook
+has a short section to get started that recaps some of the things shown
+above and explains the fundamentals. @xref{A Scheme Crash Course,,,
+guix-cookbook, GNU Guix Cookbook}, for more information.
+@end quotation
+
Once a package definition is in place, the
package may actually be built using the @code{guix build} command-line
tool (@pxref{Invoking guix build}), troubleshooting any build failures