In this video, we'll learn how to install the GNU Guix package manager on your existing Linux distribution so that you can start learning how to use it to manage your software and development tools! GNU Guix can be used alongside your distribution's own package manager as an alternative way to install many programs and libraries.
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We cover the following topics:
0:00 Intro
0:34 What will we learn?
2:17 Supported Linux distributions
4:00 Running the installer script
8:40 Installing a package
12:46 Ensuring your Guix profile gets loaded
18:59 Pulling the latest Guix
23:01 Important: Adding another GUIX_PROFILE
26:39 Upgrading packages
31:24 Setting the locale correctly
34:59 Upgrading Guix
42:54 What's next?
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