diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9ed23ebe80..01e658b05f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -769,34 +769,25 @@ This section only applies to systems without Guix. Following it for existing Guix installations will overwrite important system files. @end quotation -Some GNU/Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and openSUSE -provide Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix -may be older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by -running @samp{guix pull}. +Some GNU/Linux distributions, such as openSUSE, Alpine and NixOS provide +Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix may be +older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by running +@samp{guix pull}. We advise system administrators who install Guix, both from the installation script or @i{via} the native package manager of their foreign distribution, to also regularly read and follow security notices, as shown by @command{guix pull}. -For Debian or derivatives such as Ubuntu or Trisquel, call: - -@example -sudo apt install guix -@end example - -Likewise, on openSUSE: - -@example -sudo zypper install guix -@end example - If you are running Parabola, after enabling the pcr (Parabola Community Repo) repository, you can install Guix with: @example sudo pacman -S guix @end example +For other package managers with a @var{guix} package, you should be able +to install it like any other package. + The Guix project also provides a shell script, @file{guix-install.sh}, which automates the binary installation process without use of a foreign distro package