Trying out Guix for the first time! Waiting for packages to download.

I’m a long time Arch user. Any tips?!

I’ve heard there aren’t as many packages for Guix as other distros, but I was thinking Flatpak and distrobox will help bridge the gap for me.

    • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
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      1 month ago

      to install nix succesfully on my laptop I had to do the following steps:

      guix install nix

      nix-channel --list

      if nixpkgs is not in channel then add

      nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable

      sudo nix-channel --update --verbose

      now change the group and ower of /nix

      cd /nix/

      sudo chown -R {your user name} ./var

      sudo chown -R {your user name} ./store

      sudo chgrp -R users ./var

      sudo chgrp -R users ./store

      now update the channels

      nix-channel --update --verbose

      ################################

      then install say firefox

      nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox