"guix pull" fails on Trisquel

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Caleb Herbert wrote 10 months ago
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
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Hi Guix,
Should the docs recommend against using packaged versions of Guix on
foreign distros?
I installed Guix with the Trisquel package. When I ran "guix pull", it
failed and told me to post the output here. I've attached the
transcript of my terminal session with "guix pull" on Trisquel.
I tried doing "apt purge guix" and installing Guix using the installer
script, but the script "detected" an already-existing Guix installation.
I guess "apt purge" didn't really "purge" enough.
I'm now unable to install Guix in a way that will let me pull.
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Caleb S. Herbert
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote 10 months ago
(name . Caleb Herbert)(address . csh@bluehome.net)(address . 70681@debbugs.gnu.org)
87y18t7apl.fsf@gmail.com
Hi Caleb,

Caleb Herbert <csh@bluehome.net> writes:

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> Hi Guix,
>
> Should the docs recommend against using packaged versions of Guix on
> foreign distros?
>
> I installed Guix with the Trisquel package. When I ran "guix pull",
> it failed and told me to post the output here. I've attached the
> transcript of my terminal session with "guix pull" on Trisquel.
>
> I tried doing "apt purge guix" and installing Guix using the installer
> script, but the script "detected" an already-existing Guix
> installation. I guess "apt purge" didn't really "purge" enough.
>
> I'm now unable to install Guix in a way that will let me pull.

A workaround would look like:

# rm -rf /var/guix /gnu

Then try the guix-install script again. There's also an undocumented
variable to "overwrite" the current installation; consult the script if
you want to use that.

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Thanks,
Maxim
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