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   1 * What is this?
   2
   3 This repository provides package definitions for the functional
   4 package manager GNU Guix.
   5
   6 * What’s in it?
   7
   8 The packages in this repository fall into one of the following categories:
   9
  10 - personal variants of packages that are already part of Guix
  11
  12 - packages that should eventually be part of Guix but that cannot
  13   fully be built from source yet
  14
  15 - software that has not been (fully) released under a libre license or
  16   where the license situation is unclear
  17
  18 * How to use this?
  19
  20 Guix looks for package definitions in every module that can be found
  21 on the =GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=, an environment variable holding a list of
  22 directories.
  23
  24 To enable the fully libre-licensed packages, add the “libre” directory
  25 to the =GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=:
  26
  27 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
  28 export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=/path/to/libre:${GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
  29 #+END_SRC
  30
  31 If you also want to use the tainted or non-free packages you need to
  32 also add the “non-free” directory to the =GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH= variable:
  33
  34 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
  35 export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=/path/to/non-free:${GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH}
  36 #+END_SRC