From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 15 14:04:46 2021 Received: (at 47748) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2021 18:04:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39148 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lX6M9-0008Dh-KC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:04:45 -0400 Received: from baptiste.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.51]:48090) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lX6M7-0008DY-8Q for 47748@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:04:44 -0400 Received: from ptr-bvsjgyjmffd7q9timvx.18120a2.ip6.access.telenet.be ([IPv6:2a02:1811:8c09:9d00:aaf1:9810:a0b8:a55d]) by baptiste.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id t64h2400A0mfAB40164h83; Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:04:41 +0200 Message-ID: <607e61d554b9eb6dedf6c9d3acf2ce414fe8d3c1.camel@telenet.be> Subject: Re: bug#47748: Packages which cant be find/removed by guix remove From: Maxime Devos To: bo0od , Julien Lepiller Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:04:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <20210414022859.3c98e08d@tachikoma.lepiller.eu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-U7l7y2SQvrYMSsqekBBR" User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=telenet.be; s=r21; t=1618509881; bh=eMlZq8WG2XaSUKG5J8xmiov3PmuNWtCw1D9xM09iYrQ=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=Ply+33H9NWe6DLp5QQ3OAOOlM0pqN79RYwdUdYZEd1jpuMJ1H0wgGewOsK8opui10 NZIZ9BSWKPRqzo6Q7xhJH53FGYVYFX5vEJS+7gO8RAobWnMzjJMp8bzIqoJohhmfmD h97IMNYdNOB88ig6WfyO1IuBbk2D5ajeL5E9fMMrNTFpx4mPV/RWKoNqXHWSktPc/9 xkAXtwaAz5vblqKjdna9Q2rF+BgLxbuzAGpaWiT/AQgt2uvq0TFZrGxd5uYXV+wbj5 XZ4O6o76vtfY1SCm2QNxIoO/vhkBMNV97s0ti5LvC6a0x+ZQKhEbdxsVDB7e0OBnb8 /6ArO0Z33g3Sg== X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 47748 Cc: 47748@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) --=-U7l7y2SQvrYMSsqekBBR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 09:37 +0000, bo0od wrote: > > guix remove: error: package 'm17n-lib' not found in profile > > Hint: All users have their own profiles. To remove packages from the= =20 > profile > > of the root user, run "sudo guix remove PACKAGES" or equivalent. >=20 > yeah very nice one, except that "sudo guix remove package" doesnt work :( I suggested two hints. What do you think of the second hint: Hint: On Guix System, packages can defined in the operating system declarat= ion. These are not affected by "guix remove PACKAGES". I don't know if it applies to your exact situation though (not following the discussion very closely). =20 > This is how its done in debian/fedora, for e.g this is what debian error= =20 > give if apt needs root rights to delete a package: >=20 > "user@host:~$ apt remove hexchat > E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13:=20 > Permission denied) > E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock=20 > (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?" >=20 > This is what it shows in Fedora: [...] In that case, my first hint would have been informative, no? I don't see what you are trying to show here. Greetings, Maxime. --=-U7l7y2SQvrYMSsqekBBR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iI0EABYKADUWIQTB8z7iDFKP233XAR9J4+4iGRcl7gUCYHiAIBccbWF4aW1lZGV2 b3NAdGVsZW5ldC5iZQAKCRBJ4+4iGRcl7unbAP0fixZePre0Z+7wxxIw4fsVqet1 hULgLaC8a6knu9wgggEAohczsKhA6Ruk3qBYhZBNx6oSQdepqZhig34IinCHMAc= =XMoo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-U7l7y2SQvrYMSsqekBBR--