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authorJulien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>2018-03-07 17:39:04 +0100
committerJulien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>2018-03-08 22:03:19 +0100
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doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add explicit instructions to become root.
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@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ and rerun the @code{gpg --verify} command.
 @c end authentication part
 
 @item
-As @code{root}, run:
+Now, you need to become the @code{root} user.  Depending on your distribution,
+you may have to run @code{su -} or @code{sudo -i}.  As @code{root}, run:
 
 @example
 # cd /tmp