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diff --git a/README b/README index 5e9069f80f..32870d9c3c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -34,24 +34,16 @@ See the manual for the installation instructions, either by running or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Installation.html][web copy of the manual]]. For information on installation from a Git checkout, please see the section -"Building from Git" in the manual. +"Building from Git" in the manual, either by running -* Installing Guix from Guix + info -f doc/guix.info "Building from Git" -You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix. -To do so: +or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-Before-It-Is-Installed.html][web +copy of the manual]]. - - Start a shell with the development environment for Guix: +Following building Guix from Git, it can be installed by using: - guix environment guix - - - Re-run the 'configure' script passing it the option - '--localstatedir=/somewhere', where '/somewhere' is the 'localstatedir' - value of the currently installed Guix (failing to do that would lead the - new Guix to consider the store to be empty!). We recommend to use the - value '/var'. - - - Run "make", "make check", and "make install". + ./pre-inst-env guix pull * How It Works |