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Re: improve installation instructions


From: Ricardo Wurmus
Subject: Re: improve installation instructions
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:45:44 +0100
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Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

>> What do you think about mentioning the script in the Installation
>> section and only asking users to look in the subsections for details?
>
> Good idea.
>
>> +We recommend the use of this
>> address@hidden://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/plain/etc/guix-install.sh,
>> +shell installer script} to install Guix on top of a running GNU/Linux 
>> system,
>> +thereafter called a @dfn{foreign address@hidden section is concerned
>> +with the installation of the package 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}.} The script automates the
>> +download, installation, and initial configuration of Guix.  It should be run
>> +as the root user.
>
> Perhaps you could wrap this paragraph in address@hidden Note” to make it
> even more visible.

Done.  Thanks for the comments!

-- 
Ricardo




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