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diff --git a/README b/README index 98e38b4f24..b59dd9f6dd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -47,18 +47,40 @@ required: - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/][GNU Automake]] - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/][GNU Gettext]] -The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system -infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the -above packages is being used. +Run the "bootstrap" script to download the Nix daemon and to generate the +build system infrastructure using autoconf. It reports an error if an +inappropriate version of the above packages is being used. * Installing Guix from Guix You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix. To do so: - - install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix + - Install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) and build tools using + Guix. You should have the following packages installed in your user + profile: + + - autoconf + - automake + - bzip2 + - gcc + - gettext + - glibc + - guile + - ld-wrapper + - libgcrypt + - pkg-config + - sqlite + + - set the environment variables that Guix recommends you to set during the + package installation process: + ACLOCAL, CPATH, LIBRARY_PATH, PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH + In addition, set + GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_ALLOW_IMPURITIES=yes + - re-run the configure script passing it the option `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/' + - run "make" and "make install" * How It Works |