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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7cda06de5c..a9ca02f6cd 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1774,6 +1774,11 @@ on a machine. Guix, as a package manager, can also be installed on top of a running GNU/Linux system, @pxref{Installation}. +@quotation Important Note +@xref{Guided Graphical Installation}, on how to work around a bug that affects +the graphical installer in version 1.0.0. +@end quotation + @ifinfo @quotation Note @c This paragraph is for people reading this from tty2 of the @@ -1992,6 +1997,57 @@ dependencies of your system configuration can be downloaded. See the The graphical installer is a text-based user interface. It will guide you, with dialog boxes, through the steps needed to install GNU@tie{}Guix System. +@quotation Important Note +Due to a @uref{https://issues.guix.info/issue/35541, bug}, the graphical +installer of Guix 1.0.0 may produce a system configuration where essential +commands such as @command{ls} or @command{grep} are missing; as a side effect, +it also prevents logging in into Xfce. A new release will be published in the +coming weeks. Here is how you can work around it in the meantime on your +freshly installed system: + +@itemize +@item +Install packages that provide those commands, along with the text editor of +your choice (for example, @code{emacs} or @code{vim}): + +@example +guix install coreutils findutils grep procps sed emacs vim +@end example + +At this point, the essential commands you would expect are available. + +@item +Open your configuration file with your editor of choice, for example +@command{emacs}, running as root: + +@example +sudo emacs /etc/config.scm +@end example + +@item +Change the @code{packages} field to add the ``base packages'' to the list of +globally-installed packages, such that your configuration looks like this: + +@lisp +(operating-system + ;; ... snip ... + (packages (append (list (specification->package "nss-certs")) + %base-packages)) + ;; ... snip ... + ) +@end lisp + +@item +Reconfigure the system so that your new configuration is in effect: + +@example +guix pull && sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm +@end example +@end itemize + +We apologize for this embarrassing mistake. +@end quotation + The first dialog boxes allow you to set up the system as you use it during the installation: you can choose the language, keyboard layout, and set up networking, which will be used during the installation. The image below shows |