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Re: Installing webbrowser and email client via Guix package manager
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zimoun |
Subject: |
Re: Installing webbrowser and email client via Guix package manager |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Feb 2019 12:04:04 +0100 |
Hi Meikel,
To complement the words by Pierre, I would tell that Web Browser and
Emails Client are maybe not the best entry point to discover the Guix
system. :-)
Well, to search on all the packages, the way is:
guix package -s web -s browser \
| recsel -e 'description ~ "[Bb]rowser"' -p name,synopsis,relevance
The part `-s web -s browser' means: search the word web *or* the word
browser in all the fields (name, synopsis, description, etc.).
The recsel command allows to filter out.
- `-e 'description ~ "[Bb]rowser"' means: select the package owning
the word Browser or browser in the field description;
- `-p name,synopsis,relevance' means: only outputs the fields name,
synopsis and relevance.
Then, for example try `guix package --show=icecat' to see all the
package information.
To install the recsel comand, you need to install the package
recutils. Then give a look at the manual:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#Invoking-guix-package
If you are an Emacs user, then I recommand you to give a look at the
package emacs-guix.
Enjoy!
simon