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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-09 23:51:46 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-09 23:53:36 +0200
commitdd51caac55f052cecc61c7b8ab16654e3ace569f (patch)
treeb800ae3a39682c12cc4b68ae6cf3e3f69e839329 /doc/guix.texi
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doc: Show both the "bare-bones" and the "desktop" configurations.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Add xref to "Using the Configuration System" instead of including one here. (Using the Configuration System): Remove first example, and include os-config-bare-bones.texi instead. Include os-config-desktop.texi as a second example. * doc.am (OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI): New variable. (BUILT_SOURCES, EXTRA_DIST, MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Use it. (doc/os-config.texi): Remove. (doc/os-config-%.texi): New target.
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@@ -3925,20 +3925,14 @@ that end, the installation system comes with two text editors: GNU nano
It is better to store that file on the target root file system, say, as
@file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}.
-A minimal operating system configuration, with just the bare minimum and
-only a root account would look like this (on the installation system,
-this example is available as @file{/etc/configuration/bare-bones.scm}):
+@xref{Using the Configuration System}, for examples of operating system
+configurations. These examples are available under
+@file{/etc/configuration} in the installation image, so you can copy
+them and use them as a starting point for your own configuration.
-@example
-@include os-config.texi
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-For more information on @code{operating-system} declarations,
-@pxref{Using the Configuration System}.
-
-Once that is done, the new system must be initialized (remember that the
-target root file system is mounted under @file{/mnt}):
+Once you are done preparing the configuration file, the new system must
+be initialized (remember that the target root file system is mounted
+under @file{/mnt}):
@example
guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
@@ -4021,29 +4015,7 @@ kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
@findex operating-system
@lisp
-(use-modules (gnu) ; for 'user-account', '%base-services', etc.
- (gnu packages emacs) ; for 'emacs'
- (gnu services ssh)) ; for 'lsh-service'
-
-(operating-system
- (host-name "komputilo")
- (timezone "Europe/Paris")
- (locale "fr_FR.utf8")
- (bootloader (grub-configuration
- (device "/dev/sda")))
- (file-systems (cons (file-system
- (device "/dev/sda1") ; or partition label
- (mount-point "/")
- (type "ext3"))
- %base-file-systems))
- (users (list (user-account
- (name "alice")
- (group "users")
- (comment "Bob's sister")
- (home-directory "/home/alice"))))
- (packages (cons emacs %base-packages))
- (services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:root-login? #t)
- %base-services)))
+@include os-config-bare-bones.texi
@end lisp
This example should be self-describing. Some of the fields defined
@@ -4076,6 +4048,17 @@ generated as needed (@pxref{Defining Services}). @xref{operating-system
Reference}, for details about the available @code{operating-system}
fields.
+The configuration for a typical ``desktop'' usage, with the X11 display
+server, a desktop environment, network management, an SSH server, and
+more, would look like this:
+
+@lisp
+@include os-config-desktop.texi
+@end lisp
+
+@xref{Desktop Services}, for the exact list of services provided by
+@var{%desktop-services}.
+
Assuming the above snippet is stored in the @file{my-system-config.scm}
file, the @command{guix system reconfigure my-system-config.scm} command
instantiates that configuration, and makes it the default GRUB boot