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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-04-26 16:43:08 +0200
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Conflicts: Makefile.am gnu/packages/autotools.scm gnu/packages/guile.scm gnu/packages/python.scm gnu/packages/shishi.scm guix/gnu-maintenance.scm guix/scripts/build.scm guix/scripts/gc.scm guix/scripts/package.scm guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm guix/ui.scm nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc test-env.in tests/nar.scm tests/store.scm
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@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system
infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
above packages is being used.
+* Installing Guix from Guix
+
+You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix.
+To do so:
+
+ - install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
+ - re-run the configure script passing it the option
+ `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/'
+ - run "make" and "make install"
+
* How It Works
Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is