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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1b2ef37367..043aad1b65 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ System Installation * Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware. * USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium. * Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc. -* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing. +* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation. +* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards. +* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded. * Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground. * Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be. +Manual Installation + +* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup. +* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing. + Package Management * Features:: How Guix will make your life brighter. @@ -1777,7 +1784,9 @@ available. * Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware. * USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium. * Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc. -* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing. +* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation. +* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards. +* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded. * Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground. * Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be. @end menu @@ -1963,21 +1972,19 @@ Guix System in a virtual machine (VM). @node Preparing for Installation @section Preparing for Installation -Once you have successfully booted your computer using the installation medium, -you should end up with the welcome page of the graphical installer. The -graphical installer is a text-based user interface built upon the newt -library. It shall guide you through all the different steps needed to install -GNU@tie{}Guix System. However, as the graphical installer is still under heavy -development, you might want to fallback to the original, shell based install -process, by switching to TTYs 3 to 6 with the shortcuts CTRL-ALT-F[3-6]. The -following sections describe the installation procedure assuming you're using -one of those TTYs. They are configured and can be used to run commands as -root. +Once you have booted, you can use the guided graphical installer, which makes +it easy to get started (@pxref{Guided Graphical Installation}). Alternately, +if you are already familiar with GNU/Linux and if you want more control than +what the graphical installer provides, you can choose the ``manual'' +installation process (@pxref{Manual Installation}). -TTY2 shows this documentation, browsable using the Info reader commands -(@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd, Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system -runs the GPM mouse daemon, which allows you to select text with the left mouse -button and to paste it with the middle button. +The graphical installer is available on TTY1. You can obtain root shells on +TTYs 3 to 6 by hitting @kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, etc. TTY2 shows +this documentation and you can reach it with @kbd{ctrl-alt-f2}. Documentation +is browsable using the Info reader commands (@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd, +Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system runs the GPM mouse daemon, +which allows you to select text with the left mouse button and to paste it +with the middle button. @quotation Note Installation requires access to the Internet so that any missing @@ -1985,12 +1992,65 @@ dependencies of your system configuration can be downloaded. See the ``Networking'' section below. @end quotation -The installation system includes many common tools needed for this task. -But it is also a full-blown Guix System, which means that you can -install additional packages, should you need it, using @command{guix -package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). +@node Guided Graphical Installation +@section Guided Graphical Installation + +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. + +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 +the networking dialog. + +@image{images/installer-network,5in,, networking setup with the graphical installer} + +Later steps allow you to partition your hard disk, as shown in the image +below, to choose whether or not to use encrypted file systems, to enter the +host name and root password, and to create an additional account, among other +things. + +@image{images/installer-partitions,5in,, partitioning with the graphical installer} + +Note that, at any time, the installer allows you to exit the current +installation step and resume at a previous step, as show in the image below. + +@image{images/installer-resume,5in,, resuming the installation process} + +Once you're done, the installer produces an operating system configuration and +displays it (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). At that point you can +hit ``OK'' and installation will proceed. On success, you can reboot into the +new system and enjoy. @xref{After System Installation}, for what's next! + -@subsection Keyboard Layout +@node Manual Installation +@section Manual Installation + +This section describes how you would ``manually'' install GNU@tie{}Guix System +on your machine. This option requires familiarity with GNU/Linux, with the +shell, and with common administration tools. If you think this is not for +you, consider using the guided graphical installer (@pxref{Guided Graphical +Installation}). + +The installation system provides root shells on TTYs 3 to 6; press +@kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, and so on to reach them. It includes +many common tools needed to install the system. But it is also a full-blown +Guix System, which means that you can install additional packages, should you +need it, using @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). + +@menu +* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup. +* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing. +@end menu + +@node Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning +@subsection Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning + +Before you can install the system, you may want to adjust the keyboard layout, +set up networking, and partition your target hard disk. This section will +guide you through this. + +@subsubsection Keyboard Layout @cindex keyboard layout The installation image uses the US qwerty keyboard layout. If you want @@ -2005,7 +2065,7 @@ See the files under @file{/run/current-system/profile/share/keymaps} for a list of available keyboard layouts. Run @command{man loadkeys} for more information. -@subsection Networking +@subsubsection Networking Run the following command to see what your network interfaces are called: @@ -2098,7 +2158,7 @@ herd start ssh-daemon Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in. -@subsection Disk Partitioning +@subsubsection Disk Partitioning Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and then format the target partition(s). @@ -2219,7 +2279,7 @@ file in its file system as described above, then the encryption also protects the swap file, just like any other file in that file system. @node Proceeding with the Installation -@section Proceeding with the Installation +@subsection Proceeding with the Installation With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on @file{/mnt}, we're ready to go. First, run: @@ -2303,9 +2363,14 @@ in the new system is initially empty; other users' passwords need to be initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root}, unless your configuration specifies otherwise (@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}). +@xref{After System Installation}, for what's next! + -@cindex upgrading Guix System -From then on, you can update the system whenever you want by running, say: +@node After System Installation +@section After System Installation + +Success, you've now booted into Guix System! From then on, you can update the +system whenever you want by running, say: @example guix pull @@ -2326,8 +2391,8 @@ explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}. @end quotation Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on -@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so -good. +@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience! + @node Installing Guix in a VM @section Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine |