~ruther/guix-local

39f8ed14374e79d1734d8651a31f492a52c44b5d — Ludovic Courtès 11 years ago 4702cec
doc: Clarify installation from the binary tarball.

* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Specifically refer to
  group/account creation, and add an item for substitutes.  Mention
  verifiability.
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M doc/guix.texi => doc/guix.texi +12 -4
@@ 280,8 280,8 @@ Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that
would overwrite its own essential files.

@item
Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
run it:
Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below
(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}), and run the daemon:

@example
# /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder


@@ 296,6 296,14 @@ for instance with:
# cd /usr/local/bin
# ln -s /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix
@end example

@item
To use substitutes from @code{hydra.gnu.org} (@pxref{Substitutes}),
authorize them:

@example
# guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
@end example
@end enumerate

And that's it!


@@ 305,8 313,8 @@ profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which
case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the
@command{guix} command.

The tarball in question can be (re)produced simply by running the
following command in the Guix source tree:
The tarball in question can be (re)produced and verified simply by
running the following command in the Guix source tree:

@example
make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz