From 6e89d38ce8b7c0e845213f84de1bedc776fdd790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:42:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?doc:=20Move=20=E2=80=98guix-install.sh=E2=80=99?= =?UTF-8?q?=20commands=20upfront=20in=20=E2=80=9CBinary=20Installation?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9D.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move installation commands upfront. Change-Id: Ie63837f29d5c2f25e3e50039facb8cdb12ba2f82 Signed-off-by: Rutherther --- doc/guix.texi | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 8a9e5d052c1ab06b6341ce4f8e9772be8e4cfb8f..bdb41c930583d0afcdc7815435af84e821c7d50f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -777,6 +777,16 @@ Use of @file{guix-install.sh} requires Bash, GnuPG, GNU@tie{}tar, wget, and Xz. On systems where systemd is detected, the tool @command{newgidmap} from the @code{uidmap} package is also required. +To install Guix on top of your GNU/Linux system, run the following +commands as root: + +@example +cd /tmp +wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh +chmod +x guix-install.sh +./guix-install.sh +@end example + The script goes through the following steps: @itemize @@ -786,15 +796,6 @@ The script goes through the following steps: @item Configuring substitute servers @end itemize -As root, run: - -@example -cd /tmp -wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh -chmod +x guix-install.sh -./guix-install.sh -@end example - @quotation Note By default, @file{guix-install.sh} will configure Guix to download pre-built package binaries, called @dfn{substitutes}