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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index ca44b3b0b0..8feb519b0a 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ actually installing them. So that you can distinguish between your ``end-user'' hat and your ``motley'' costume. To that end, all the command-line tools can be used even if you have not -run @code{make install}. To do that, prefix each command with +run @code{make install}. To do that, you first need to have an environment +with all the dependencies available (@pxref{Building from Git}), and then +simply prefix each command with @command{./pre-inst-env} (the @file{pre-inst-env} script lives in the top build tree of Guix), as in@footnote{The @option{-E} flag to @command{sudo} guarantees that @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} is correctly set |