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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f39a0aa700..e547d469f4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3423,19 +3423,25 @@ The @var{options} can be among the following: @itemx -i @var{package} @dots{} Install the specified @var{package}s. -Each @var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as -@code{guile}, or a package name followed by an at-sign and version number, -such as @code{guile@@1.8.8} or simply @code{guile@@1.8} (in the latter -case, the newest version prefixed by @code{1.8} is selected). +Each @var{package} may specify a simple package name, such as +@code{guile}, optionally followed by an at-sign and version number, +such as @code{guile@@3.0.7} or simply @code{guile@@3.0}. In the latter +case, the newest version prefixed by @code{3.0} is selected. -If no version number is specified, the -newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package} +If no version number is specified, the newest available version will be +selected. In addition, such a @var{package} specification may contain a colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the package, as in @code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils@@2.22:lib} -(@pxref{Packages with Multiple Outputs}). Packages with a corresponding +(@pxref{Packages with Multiple Outputs}). + +Packages with a corresponding name (and optionally version) are searched for among the GNU distribution modules (@pxref{Package Modules}). +Alternatively, a @var{package} can directly specify a store file name +such as @file{/gnu/store/...-guile-3.0.7}, as produced by, e.g., +@code{guix build}. + @cindex propagated inputs Sometimes packages have @dfn{propagated inputs}: these are dependencies that automatically get installed along with the required package |