Re: how can I open files through packages installed in different profiles

[Andreas Enge]

Am Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 07:25:58PM +0000 schrieb gfp:
> If I had all packages in my main profile, would it be possible to update
> only some packages?
> e.g. icecat and others quite regularly are updated, so it would be good to
> update them more often.

To complement Ian's reply, this is perfectly possible.
For instance,
   guix package -u icecat
will upgrade only icecat.
   guix package --do-not-upgrade ungoogled-chromium -u .
will upgrade all packages except for ungoogled-chromium (which can be
useful when there is no binary substitute yet and you prefer waiting a
bit more instead of compiling it locally).

Personally, I have all my software in one profile (about 90 packages),
and do not experience any problem.

If I need a different software just occasionally, I use
   guix shell this-other-software

Andreas