dotfiles-guix/README.md
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# 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 :)