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|Name=GNU Guix
 
|Name=GNU Guix
|Short description=GNU Package Manager
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|Short description=An advanced GNU/Linux distro and a purely functional package manager.
|Full description='''GNU Guix is a purely functional package manager for the GNU system.'''
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|Full description='''Guix''' is a transactional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system. It can be used on top of any system running the [[Hurd]] or the [[linux-libre|Linux kernel]], or it can be used as a standalone operating system distribution for i686, x86_64, ARMv7, AArch64 and powerpc64le machines. It can also cross compile applications for these architectures/OS combination and Windows 32/64 bit (mingw-w64), GNU/Linux mips64el, PowerPC 32/64 bit big endian, RiscV64. Support for Android [https://lepiller.eu/en/guix-on-android.html is  unofficial].
  
It supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. It builds up on the low-level build and deployment layer of the [[Nix]] package manager. Guix uses [[Guile]] as its programming interface.
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In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. When used as a standalone GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to operating system configuration management. Guix is highly customizable and hackable through [[Guile]] programming interfaces and extensions to the Scheme language.
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
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|Homepage URL=https://guix.gnu.org/
|User level=intermediate
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.4.0.tar.gz
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guix.git
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git
|Computer languages=Scheme
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|Documentation note=The GNU Guix Reference Manual is available at https://guix.gnu.org/manual/
|Documentation note=GNU Guix comes with a visual user interface for [[GNU Emacs]], known as '''guix.el'''. It can be used for routine package management tasks, pretty much like the guix package command (see [https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#Invoking-guix-package Invoking guix package]). Specifically, “guix.el” makes it easy to:
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=== The Guix package manager ===
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This [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh shell installer script] is recommended to install Guix on top of a running GNU/Linux system. The script automates the download, installation, and initial configuration of Guix. It should be run as the root user.
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When installed on a foreign distro, GNU Guix complements the available tools without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories, usually ''/gnu/store'' and ''/var/guix''; other files on your system, such as ''/etc'', are left untouched.  
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Once installed, Guix can be updated by running <code>guix pull</code>. See [https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-pull.html#Invoking-guix-pull invoking guix pull].
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More information at https://guix.gnu.org/manual/
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=== The Guix operating system distribution ===
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The latest Guix System release comes with ISO-9660 installation images, a virtual machine image, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of any GNU/Linux distros, either from source or from binaries. Guix users can update by running <code>guix pull</code>.
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Guix is a fully free distro designed to improving the freedom and autonomy of computer users. Users can install their own packages without interfering with each other, yet without unnecessarily increasing disk usage or rebuilding every package. Users can in fact create as many software environments as they like.
  
* browse and display packages and generations;
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=== The Guix deployment tool ===
* search, install, upgrade and remove packages;
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Guix is also active in reproducible software deployment for high-performance computing (HPC). More information at https://hpc.guix.info
* display packages from previous generations;
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
* do some other useful things.
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|Donate=https://guix.gnu.org/donate/
|Donate=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/donate/
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|IRC general=irc://irc.freenode.net/#guix
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Related projects=gnustandards,gsrc,Packaging,Sourceinstall,apt,nix,pkgsrc,portage
|IRC general=irc://chat.freenode.net/guix
 
|Related projects=apt,nix,pkgsrc,portage
 
 
|Keywords=package, distribution, guile
 
|Keywords=package, distribution, guile
|Version identifier=0.12.0
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|Version identifier=1.2.0
|Version date=2016/12/20
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|Version date=2020/11/23
|Version status=alpha
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|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-0.12.0.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Genium
|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2021/02/07
|Last review date=2018/02/20
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|Submitted by=Hellekin
|Submitted by=David Hedlund
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|Submitted date=2013/09/12
|Submitted date=2013/09/13
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|User level=intermediate
|Is GNU=Yes
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
|GNU package identifier=guix
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
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|OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.2.0.tar.gz.sig
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|Test entry=No
 
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|License=GPLv3orlater
 
|License=GPLv3orlater
 
|License copyright=Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 
|License copyright=Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
|License verified date=2013/09/13
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|License verified by=Bendikker
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|License verified date=2013-09-13
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|Email=ludo@gnu.org
 
|Email=ludo@gnu.org
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|Real name=Ricardo Wurmus
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|Email=rekado@elephly.net
 
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|Email=andreas@enge.fr
 
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Latest revision as of 15:01, 19 September 2023


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GNU Guix

https://guix.gnu.org/
An advanced GNU/Linux distro and a purely functional package manager.

Guix is a transactional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system. It can be used on top of any system running the Hurd or the Linux kernel, or it can be used as a standalone operating system distribution for i686, x86_64, ARMv7, AArch64 and powerpc64le machines. It can also cross compile applications for these architectures/OS combination and Windows 32/64 bit (mingw-w64), GNU/Linux mips64el, PowerPC 32/64 bit big endian, RiscV64. Support for Android is unofficial.

In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. When used as a standalone GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to operating system configuration management. Guix is highly customizable and hackable through Guile programming interfaces and extensions to the Scheme language.

"IRC general" IRC general channel
irc://libera.chat/#guix





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Bendikker

Verified on

13 September 2013




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Andreas Enge Contributor
Mark H. Weaver Contributor
Cyril Roelandt Contributor
David Thompson Contributor
Ricardo Wurmus Maintainer
Ludovic Courtès Lead Developer, Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DebianMailing Listhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/guix
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/guix-packages.html
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/guix/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-europe-sac/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/guix-manual.html
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-guix/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/guix.html
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-security/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-patches/
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/
BugsBug Trackinghttps://issues.guix.gnu.org/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-europe/
GitVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-commits/
Generalhttps://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18968627
Downloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to buildGNU Make
Weak prerequisiteGcc
Source requirementzlib
Source requirementGuile-Git, version 0.3.0 or later
Weak prerequisiteGuile-zstd
Weak prerequisiteGuile-SSH, version 0.13.0 or later
Source requirementguile-zlib
Source requirementGuile-SQLite3
Weak prerequisitelibbz2
Weak prerequisiteGuile-Lib
Source requirementGuile-Gcrypt, version 0.1.0 or later
Weak prerequisiteGCC’s g++
Source requirementGuile-Avahi
Weak prerequisiteLibgcrypt
Weak prerequisiteSQLite 3
Source requirementguile-lzlib
Source requirementGnuTLS
Source requirementGuile-JSON, version 4.3.0 or later
Weak prerequisiteGuile-Semver
Source requirementGNU Guile, version 3.0.x or 2.2.x

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 22 August 2021.




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