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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    17 hours 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