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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 983e00ab38..2b27a675cd 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ dependencies. This is often quicker than installing from source, which is described in the next sections. The only requirement is to have GNU@tie{}tar and Xz. +We provide a +@uref{https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh, +shell installer script}, which automates the download, installation, and +initial configuration of Guix. It should be run as the root user. + Installing goes along these lines: @enumerate @@ -8192,7 +8197,7 @@ parted /dev/sda set 1 esp on Once you are done partitioning the target hard disk drive, you have to create a file system on the relevant partition(s)@footnote{Currently GuixSD only supports ext4 and btrfs file systems. In particular, code -that reads partition UUIDs and labels only works for these file system +that reads file system UUIDs and labels only works for these file system types.}. For the ESP, if you have one and assuming it is @file{/dev/sda2}, run: @@ -8233,7 +8238,7 @@ root file system): mount LABEL=my-root /mnt @end example -Also mount any other partitions you would like to use on the target +Also mount any other file systems you would like to use on the target system relative to this path. If you have @file{/boot} on a separate partition for example, mount it at @file{/mnt/boot} now so it is found by @code{guix system init} afterwards. @@ -8320,7 +8325,7 @@ to a mounted EFI partition, like @code{/boot/efi}, and do make sure the path is actually mounted. @item -Be sure that your partition labels match the value of their respective +Be sure that your file system labels match the value of their respective @code{device} fields in your @code{file-system} configuration, assuming your @code{file-system} configuration sets the value of @code{title} to @code{'label}. @@ -8526,7 +8531,7 @@ of a package: @end lisp @findex specification->package -Referring to packages by variable name, like @var{tcpdump} above, has +Referring to packages by variable name, like @code{bind} above, has the advantage of being unambiguous; it also allows typos and such to be diagnosed right away as ``unbound variables''. The downside is that one needs to know which module defines which package, and to augment the @@ -8617,7 +8622,7 @@ instead of full-blown desktop environments would look like this: @include os-config-lightweight-desktop.texi @end lisp -This example refers to the @file{/boot/efi} partition by its UUID, +This example refers to the @file{/boot/efi} file system by its UUID, @code{1234-ABCD}. Replace this UUID with the right UUID on your system, as returned by the @command{blkid} command. @@ -8881,8 +8886,8 @@ interpreted. When it is the symbol @code{device}, then the @code{device} field is interpreted as a file name; when it is @code{label}, then @code{device} -is interpreted as a partition label name; when it is @code{uuid}, -@code{device} is interpreted as a partition unique identifier (UUID). +is interpreted as a file system label name; when it is @code{uuid}, +@code{device} is interpreted as a file system unique identifier (UUID). UUIDs may be converted from their string representation (as shown by the @command{tune2fs -l} command) using the @code{uuid} form@footnote{The @@ -8900,8 +8905,8 @@ like this: (device (uuid "4dab5feb-d176-45de-b287-9b0a6e4c01cb"))) @end example -The @code{label} and @code{uuid} options offer a way to refer to disk -partitions without having to hard-code their actual device +The @code{label} and @code{uuid} options offer a way to refer to file +systems without having to hard-code their actual device name@footnote{Note that, while it is tempting to use @file{/dev/disk/by-uuid} and similar device names to achieve the same result, this is not recommended: These special device nodes are created @@ -11283,8 +11288,8 @@ configuration file. It is used to pass extra text to be added verbatim to the configuration file. @end deffn -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} screen-locker-service @var{package} [@var{name}] -Add @var{package}, a package for a screen-locker or screen-saver whose +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} screen-locker-service @var{package} [@var{program}] +Add @var{package}, a package for a screen locker or screen saver whose command is @var{program}, to the set of setuid programs and add a PAM entry for it. For example: @@ -11322,16 +11327,16 @@ CUPS service will generate a self-signed certificate if needed, for secure connections to the print server. Suppose you want to enable the Web interface of CUPS and also add -support for HP printers @i{via} the @code{hplip} package. You can do -that directly, like this (you need to use the @code{(gnu packages cups)} -module): +support for Epson printers @i{via} the @code{escpr} package and for HP +printers @i{via} the @code{hplip} package. You can do that directly, +like this (you need to use the @code{(gnu packages cups)} module): @example (service cups-service-type (cups-configuration (web-interface? #t) (extensions - (list cups-filters hplip)))) + (list cups-filters escpr hplip)))) @end example The available configuration parameters follow. Each parameter @@ -18626,7 +18631,7 @@ initialization system. @item --root=@var{root} Mount @var{root} as the root file system. @var{root} can be a -device name like @code{/dev/sda1}, a partition label, or a partition +device name like @code{/dev/sda1}, a file system label, or a file system UUID. @item --system=@var{system} @@ -18667,7 +18672,7 @@ the root file system specified on the kernel command line via @code{--root}. @var{file-systems} are mounted (@pxref{Mapped Devices}). @var{helper-packages} is a list of packages to be copied in the initrd. It may include @code{e2fsck/static} or other packages needed by the initrd to check -root partition. +the root file system. When @var{qemu-networking?} is true, set up networking with the standard QEMU parameters. When @var{virtio?} is true, load additional modules so that the |