Guix Installation

Installing Guix

Instructions

• Create USB with Guix installation image
• Boot and create partitions using graphical installer
• Bail out right before installation begins, go to terminal
  • Mount cow-store using herd start cow-store /mnt
  • Download latest version of configuration using curl -o main.tar.gz --insecure --follow https://g.tylerm.dev/tylerm/dotfiles/archive/main.tar.gz and unpack using tar
  • Authorize nonguix channel using curl -o signkey.pub https://substitutes.nonguix.org/signing-key.pub and guix archive --authorize < signkey.pub
  • Modify/add system config for system and initialize using guix time-machine -C channels.scm -- system -L modules/ --substitute-urls='https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org https://ci.guix.gnu.org https://substitutes.nonguix.org' init system.scm /mnt
  • When installed, proceed
• Reboot into system, assign root and tylerm user a password
• Setup system completely
  • Clone guix-config to proper location
  • Reconfigure system
    • sudo -E guix time-machine -C channels.scm -- system -L modules reconfigure system.scm <---- may not be needed
    • guix pull
    • hash guix
    • sudo guix system -L modules reconfigure system.scm
  • Configure GUIX Home
    • Install Nix Home Manager
    • May need to sudo herd restart nix-daemon or reconfigure system to get nix working???
    • nix-channel --update
    • nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install
    • home-manager switch
• Everything should now be set up and ready to use :)

Licenses

License	Author	Project
MIT	zsh-users	zsh-autosuggestions
GPLv3	vinceliuice	Lavanda-gtk-theme
	ryan77627	guix-dotfiles
GPLv3	tylerm	dotfiles