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-title: Getting started with GNU Guix
-date: 2015/06/21
-tags: free software, system administration, packaging, guix
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-
-[Previously I wrote](/posts/2015-04-17-gnu-guix.html) about how using
-GNU Guix in an HPC environment enables easy software deployment for
-multiple users with different needs when it comes to application and
-library versions.  Although Guix comes with an excellent manual which
-is also
-[available online](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html),
-some people may want to have just some simple installation
-instructions in one place and some pointers to get started.  I'm
-attempting to provide just that with this article.
-
-While Guix can be built from source it is much more convenient to use
-the self-contained tarball which provides pre-built binaries for Guix
-and all its dependencies.  You need to have GNU tar and xz installed
-to unpack the tarball.  Note that the tarball will only work on
-GNU/Linux systems; it will not work on MacOS.
-
-
-## Six simple steps
-
-*First*, if you are using a 64 bit machine, download the compressed
-[x86_64 archive from the FTP server](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz).
-There also is a
-[tarball for 32 bit machines](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.i686-linux.tar.xz)
-and
-[one for the less common MIPS](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.mips64el-linux.tar.xz).
-
-*Second*, unpack the archive as root in the root directory:
-
-    # cd /
-    # tar xf guix-binary-0.8.2.SYSTEM.tar.xz
-
-This creates a pre-populated store at `/gnu/store` (containing the
-"guix" package and the complete dependency graph), the *local state
-directory* `/var/guix`, and a Guix profile for the root user at
-`/root/.guix-profile`, which contains the guix command line tools and
-the daemon.
-
-*Third*, create a build user pool, as root:
-
-     # groupadd --system guix-builder
-     # for i in `seq 1 10`;
-       do
-         useradd -g guix-builder -G guix-builder           \
-                 -d /var/empty -s `which nologin`          \
-                 -c "Guix build user $i" --system          \
-                 guix-builder$i;
-       done
-
-These are the restricted user accounts which are used by the daemon to
-build software in a controlled environment.  You may not need ten, but
-it's a good default.
-
-*Fourth*, run the daemon and tell it about the `guix-builder` group:
-
-    # /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder
-
-*Fifth*, make the `guix` command available to other users on the
- machine by linking it to a location everyone can access, such as
- `/usr/local/bin`.
-
-    # mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
-    # cd /usr/local/bin
-    # ln -s /root/.guix-profile/bin/guix
-
-Now any user---not just the almighty root---can install software by
-invoking `guix package -i whatever`.  Yay!
-
-*Finally*, if you do not want to build all software locally (which can
- take a very long time) and you think you can trust the GNU Guix build
- farm hydra.gnu.org, authorise it as a source for so-called binary
- substitutes using the included public key:
-
-    # guix archive --authorize < /root/.guix-profile/share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
-
-Note that hydra.gnu.org isn't at all special.  Packages are built
-there continuously from source.  Guix is flexible and can pull binary
-substitutes from other locations as long as you authorise them.
-
-# Where to go from here
-
-Congratulations!  You now have a fully functional installation of the
-Guix package manager.
-
-To get the latest package recipes for Guix just run `guix pull`, which
-will download and compile the most recent development version.
-
-I recommend reading the excellent Guix reference manual, which is
-[available on the web](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html)
-and, of course, included as an Info document in your Guix
-installation.  If you don't have Emacs---the best Info reader, which
-also happens to be an excellent text editor---I encourage you to
-install it from Guix; it is just a `guix package -i emacs` away!
-
-If you have questions that are not covered by the manual feel free to
-chat with members of the Guix community
-[on IRC in the #guix channel on Freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#guix).
-For matters relating to using Guix in a bioinformatics environment you
-are welcome to subscribe and write to the
-[mailing list bio-packaging@mailman.open-bio.org](http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bio-packaging).