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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-06-01 22:56:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-06-01 22:56:33 +0200 |
| commit | d23ef788b3fff804d017247c4fee170b693c533d (patch) | |
| tree | 5c3589cfba2ea9abe586c20da822ee6e936f8540 /doc | |
| parent | 4a23818659b0f46f5730d9501e7cfe87cc81e45a (diff) | |
doc: Clarify non-interference when installed on a foreign distro.
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add paragraph explaining that files live
in two directories.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index dc61aa8537..2cd30f6f86 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux system. If, instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system, @pxref{System Installation}. +@cindex foreign distro +When installed on a running GNU/Linux system---thereafter called a +@dfn{foreign distro}---GNU@tie{}Guix complements the available tools +without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories, +usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your +system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched. + @menu * Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time! * Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix. @@ -1096,6 +1103,7 @@ daemons on the same machine. @node Application Setup @section Application Setup +@cindex foreign distro When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to get everything in place. Here are some of them. |