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Add 'guix shell'.
* guix/scripts/shell.scm, tests/guix-shell.sh: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'shell.scm'. (SH_TESTS): Add 'tests/guix-shell.sh'. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-environment-options-help): New procedure. (show-help): Use it. (guix-environment*): New procedure. (guix-environment): Use it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Features): Refer to "guix shell" (Invoking guix package): Likewise. (Development): Likewise. (Invoking guix shell): New node. (Invoking guix environment): Add deprecation warning. (Debugging Build Failures): Use 'guix shell' in examples. (Invoking guix container): Refer to 'guix shell'. (Invoking guix processes, Virtualization Services): Adjust examples to use 'guix shell'. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Refer to 'guix shell'. * etc/completion/bash/guix: Handle "shell".
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@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ all the dependencies and appropriate environment variables are set up to
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hack on Guix:
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@example
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guix environment guix --pure
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guix shell -D guix --pure
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@end example
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@xref{Invoking guix environment}, for more information on that command.
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@xref{Invoking guix shell}, for more information on that command.
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If you are unable to use Guix when building Guix from a checkout, the
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following are the required packages in addition to those mentioned in the
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@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ installation instructions (@pxref{Requirements}).
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@end itemize
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On Guix, extra dependencies can be added by instead running @command{guix
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environment} with @option{--ad-hoc}:
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shell}:
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@example
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guix environment guix --pure --ad-hoc help2man git strace
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guix shell -D guix help2man git strace --pure
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@end example
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Run @command{./bootstrap} to generate the build system infrastructure
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@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Documentation License''.
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@dircategory Software development
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@direntry
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* guix shell: (guix)Invoking guix shell. Creating software environments.
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* guix environment: (guix)Invoking guix environment. Building development environments with Guix.
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* guix build: (guix)Invoking guix build. Building packages.
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* guix pack: (guix)Invoking guix pack. Creating binary bundles.
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@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ Channels
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Development
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* Invoking guix shell:: Spawning one-off software environments.
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* Invoking guix environment:: Setting up development environments.
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* Invoking guix pack:: Creating software bundles.
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* The GCC toolchain:: Working with languages supported by GCC.
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@@ -3067,10 +3069,10 @@ substitutes: they can force a local build and @emph{challenge} providers
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(@pxref{Invoking guix challenge}).
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Control over the build environment is a feature that is also useful for
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developers. The @command{guix environment} command allows developers of
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developers. The @command{guix shell} command allows developers of
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a package to quickly set up the right development environment for their
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package, without having to manually install the dependencies of the
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package into their profile (@pxref{Invoking guix environment}).
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package into their profile (@pxref{Invoking guix shell}).
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@cindex replication, of software environments
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@cindex provenance tracking, of software artifacts
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@@ -3234,7 +3236,7 @@ As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this
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Developers may find it useful to include such a @file{guix.scm} file
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in the root of their project source tree that can be used to test
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development snapshots and create reproducible development environments
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(@pxref{Invoking guix environment}).
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(@pxref{Invoking guix shell}).
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The @var{file} may also contain a JSON representation of one or more
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package definitions. Running @code{guix package -f} on
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@@ -5559,31 +5561,352 @@ If you are a software developer, Guix provides tools that you should find
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helpful---independently of the language you're developing in. This is what
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this chapter is about.
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The @command{guix environment} command provides a convenient way to set up
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@dfn{development environments} containing all the dependencies and tools
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necessary to work on the software package of your choice. The @command{guix
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The @command{guix shell} command provides a convenient way to set up
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one-off software environments, be it for development purposes or to run
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a command without installing it in your profile. The @command{guix
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pack} command allows you to create @dfn{application bundles} that can be
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easily distributed to users who do not run Guix.
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@menu
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* Invoking guix shell:: Spawning one-off software environments.
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* Invoking guix environment:: Setting up development environments.
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* Invoking guix pack:: Creating software bundles.
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* The GCC toolchain:: Working with languages supported by GCC.
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* Invoking guix git authenticate:: Authenticating Git repositories.
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@end menu
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@node Invoking guix environment
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@section Invoking @command{guix environment}
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@node Invoking guix shell
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@section Invoking @command{guix shell}
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@cindex reproducible build environments
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@cindex development environments
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@cindex @command{guix environment}
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@cindex environment, package build environment
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The purpose of @command{guix environment} is to assist hackers in
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creating reproducible development environments without polluting their
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package profile. The @command{guix environment} tool takes one or more
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packages, builds all of their inputs, and creates a shell
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environment to use them.
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The purpose of @command{guix shell} is to make it easy to create one-off
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software environments, without changing one's profile. It is typically
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used to create development environments; it is also a convenient way to
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run applications without ``polluting'' your profile.
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@quotation Note
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The @command{guix shell} command was recently introduced to supersede
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@command{guix environment} (@pxref{Invoking guix environment}). If you
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are familiar with @command{guix environment}, you will notice that it is
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similar but also---we hope!---more convenient.
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@end quotation
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The general syntax is:
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@example
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guix shell [@var{options}] [@var{package}@dots{}]
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@end example
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The following example creates an environment containing Python and NumPy,
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building or downloading any missing package, and runs the
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@command{python3} command in that environment:
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@example
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guix shell python python-numpy -- python3
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@end example
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Development environments can be created as in the example below, which
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spawns an interactive shell containing all the dependencies and
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environment variables needed to work on Inkscape:
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@example
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guix shell --development inkscape
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@end example
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Exiting the shell places the user back in the original environment
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before @command{guix shell} was invoked. The next garbage collection
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(@pxref{Invoking guix gc}) may clean up packages that were installed in
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the environment and that are no longer used outside of it.
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By default, the shell session or command runs in an @emph{augmented}
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environment, where the new packages are added to search path environment
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variables such as @code{PATH}. You can, instead, choose to create an
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@emph{isolated} environment containing nothing but the packages you
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asked for. Passing the @option{--pure} option clears environment
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variable definitions found in the parent environment@footnote{Users
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sometimes wrongfully augment environment variables such as @env{PATH} in
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their @file{~/.bashrc} file. As a consequence, when @command{guix
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environment} launches it, Bash may read @file{~/.bashrc}, thereby
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introducing ``impurities'' in these environment variables. It is an
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error to define such environment variables in @file{.bashrc}; instead,
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they should be defined in @file{.bash_profile}, which is sourced only by
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log-in shells. @xref{Bash Startup Files,,, bash, The GNU Bash Reference
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Manual}, for details on Bash start-up files.}; passing
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@option{--container} goes one step further by spawning a @dfn{container}
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isolated from the rest of the system:
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@example
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guix shell --container emacs gcc-toolchain
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@end example
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The command above spawns an interactive shell in a container when
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nothing but @code{emacs}, @code{gcc-toolchain}, and their dependencies
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is available. The container lacks network access and shares no files
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other than the current working directory with the surrounding
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environment. This is useful to prevent access to system-wide resources
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such as @file{/usr/bin} on foreign distros.
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This @option{--container} option can also prove useful if you wish to
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run a security-sensitive application, such as a web browser, in an
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isolated environment. For example, the command below launches
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Ungoogled-Chromium in an isolated environment, this time sharing network
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access with the host and preserving its @code{DISPLAY} environment
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variable, but without even sharing the current directory:
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@example
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guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium \
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--preserve='^DISPLAY$' -- chromium
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@end example
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@vindex GUIX_ENVIRONMENT
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@command{guix shell} defines the @env{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT}
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variable in the shell it spawns; its value is the file name of the
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profile of this environment. This allows users to, say, define a
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specific prompt for development environments in their @file{.bashrc}
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(@pxref{Bash Startup Files,,, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}):
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@example
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if [ -n "$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT" ]
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then
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export PS1="\u@@\h \w [dev]\$ "
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fi
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@end example
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@noindent
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...@: or to browse the profile:
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@example
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$ ls "$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/bin"
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@end example
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The available options are summarized below.
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@table @code
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@item --development
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@itemx -D
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Cause @command{guix shell} to include in the environment the
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dependencies of the following package rather than the package itself.
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This can be combined with other packages. For instance, the command
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below starts an interactive shell containing the build-time dependencies
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of GNU@tie{}Guile, plus Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool:
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@example
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guix shell -D guile autoconf automake libtool
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@end example
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@item --expression=@var{expr}
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@itemx -e @var{expr}
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Create an environment for the package or list of packages that
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@var{expr} evaluates to.
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For example, running:
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@example
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guix shell -D -e '(@@ (gnu packages maths) petsc-openmpi)'
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@end example
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starts a shell with the environment for this specific variant of the
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PETSc package.
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Running:
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@example
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guix shell -e '(@@ (gnu) %base-packages)'
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@end example
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starts a shell with all the base system packages available.
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The above commands only use the default output of the given packages.
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To select other outputs, two element tuples can be specified:
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@example
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guix shell -e '(list (@@ (gnu packages bash) bash) "include")'
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@end example
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@item --file=@var{file}
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@itemx -f @var{file}
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Create an environment containing the package or list of packages that
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the code within @var{file} evaluates to.
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As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this
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(@pxref{Defining Packages}):
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@lisp
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@verbatiminclude environment-gdb.scm
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@end lisp
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With the file above, you can enter a development environment for GDB by
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running:
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@example
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guix shell -D -f gdb-devel.scm
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@end example
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@item --manifest=@var{file}
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@itemx -m @var{file}
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Create an environment for the packages contained in the manifest object
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returned by the Scheme code in @var{file}. This option can be repeated
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several times, in which case the manifests are concatenated.
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This is similar to the same-named option in @command{guix package}
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(@pxref{profile-manifest, @option{--manifest}}) and uses the same
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manifest files.
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@item --pure
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Unset existing environment variables when building the new environment, except
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those specified with @option{--preserve} (see below). This has the effect of
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creating an environment in which search paths only contain package inputs.
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@item --preserve=@var{regexp}
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@itemx -E @var{regexp}
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When used alongside @option{--pure}, preserve the environment variables
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matching @var{regexp}---in other words, put them on a ``white list'' of
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environment variables that must be preserved. This option can be repeated
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several times.
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@example
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guix shell --pure --preserve=^SLURM openmpi @dots{} \
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-- mpirun @dots{}
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@end example
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This example runs @command{mpirun} in a context where the only environment
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variables defined are @env{PATH}, environment variables whose name starts
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with @samp{SLURM}, as well as the usual ``precious'' variables (@env{HOME},
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@item --search-paths
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Display the environment variable definitions that make up the
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@item --system=@var{system}
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@itemx -s @var{system}
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Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}.
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@item --container
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@itemx -C
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@cindex container
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Run @var{command} within an isolated container. The current working
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directory outside the container is mapped inside the container.
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Additionally, unless overridden with @option{--user}, a dummy home
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directory is created that matches the current user's home directory, and
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@file{/etc/passwd} is configured accordingly.
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The spawned process runs as the current user outside the container. Inside
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the container, it has the same UID and GID as the current user, unless
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@option{--user} is passed (see below).
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@item --network
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@itemx -N
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For containers, share the network namespace with the host system.
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Containers created without this flag only have access to the loopback
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device.
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@item --link-profile
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@itemx -P
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For containers, link the environment profile to @file{~/.guix-profile}
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within the container and set @code{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT} to that.
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This is equivalent to making @file{~/.guix-profile} a symlink to the
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actual profile within the container.
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Linking will fail and abort the environment if the directory already
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exists, which will certainly be the case if @command{guix shell}
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was invoked in the user's home directory.
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Certain packages are configured to look in @file{~/.guix-profile} for
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configuration files and data;@footnote{For example, the
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@code{fontconfig} package inspects @file{~/.guix-profile/share/fonts}
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for additional fonts.} @option{--link-profile} allows these programs to
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behave as expected within the environment.
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@item --user=@var{user}
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@itemx -u @var{user}
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For containers, use the username @var{user} in place of the current
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user. The generated @file{/etc/passwd} entry within the container will
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contain the name @var{user}, the home directory will be
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@file{/home/@var{user}}, and no user GECOS data will be copied. Furthermore,
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the UID and GID inside the container are 1000. @var{user}
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need not exist on the system.
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Additionally, any shared or exposed path (see @option{--share} and
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@option{--expose} respectively) whose target is within the current user's
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home directory will be remapped relative to @file{/home/USER}; this
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includes the automatic mapping of the current working directory.
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@example
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# will expose paths as /home/foo/wd, /home/foo/test, and /home/foo/target
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guix shell --container --user=foo \
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--expose=$HOME/test \
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--expose=/tmp/target=$HOME/target
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@end example
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While this will limit the leaking of user identity through home paths
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and each of the user fields, this is only one useful component of a
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broader privacy/anonymity solution---not one in and of itself.
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@item --no-cwd
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For containers, the default behavior is to share the current working
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directory with the isolated container and immediately change to that
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directory within the container. If this is undesirable,
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@option{--no-cwd} will cause the current working directory to @emph{not}
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be automatically shared and will change to the user's home directory
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within the container instead. See also @option{--user}.
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@item --expose=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
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@itemx --share=@var{source}[=@var{target}]
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For containers, @option{--expose} (resp. @option{--share}) exposes the
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file system @var{source} from the host system as the read-only
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(resp. writable) file system @var{target} within the container. If
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@var{target} is not specified, @var{source} is used as the target mount
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point in the container.
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The example below spawns a Guile REPL in a container in which the user's
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home directory is accessible read-only via the @file{/exchange}
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directory:
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@example
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guix shell --container --expose=$HOME=/exchange guile -- guile
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@end example
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@item --root=@var{file}
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@itemx -r @var{file}
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@cindex persistent environment
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@cindex garbage collector root, for environments
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Make @var{file} a symlink to the profile for this environment, and
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register it as a garbage collector root.
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This is useful if you want to protect your environment from garbage
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collection, to make it ``persistent''.
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When this option is omitted, the environment is protected from garbage
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collection only for the duration of the @command{guix shell}
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session. This means that next time you recreate the same environment,
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you could have to rebuild or re-download packages. @xref{Invoking guix
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gc}, for more on GC roots.
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@end table
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@command{guix shell} also supports all of the common build options that
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@command{guix build} supports (@pxref{Common Build Options}) as well as
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package transformation options (@pxref{Package Transformation Options}).
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@node Invoking guix environment
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@section Invoking @command{guix environment}
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The purpose of @command{guix environment} is to assist in creating
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development environments.
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@quotation Deprecation warning
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The @command{guix environment} command is deprecated in favor of
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@command{guix shell}, which performs similar functions but is more
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convenient to use. @xref{Invoking guix shell}.
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Being deprecated, @command{guix environment} is slated for eventual
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removal, but the Guix project is committed to keeping it until May 1st,
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2023. Please get in touch with us at @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} if you
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would like to discuss it.
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@end quotation
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The general syntax is:
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$ guix build -K foo
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@dots{}
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$ cd /tmp/guix-build-foo.drv-0
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$ guix environment --no-grafts -C foo --ad-hoc strace gdb
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$ guix shell --no-grafts -C foo strace gdb
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[env]# source ./environment-variables
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[env]# cd foo-1.2
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@end example
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Here, @command{guix environment -C} creates a container and spawns a new
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shell in it (@pxref{Invoking guix environment}). The @command{--ad-hoc
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strace gdb} part adds the @command{strace} and @command{gdb} commands to
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Here, @command{guix shell -C} creates a container and spawns a new
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shell in it (@pxref{Invoking guix shell}). The @command{strace gdb}
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part adds the @command{strace} and @command{gdb} commands to
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the container, which you may find handy while debugging. The
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@option{--no-grafts} option makes sure we get the exact same
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environment, with ungrafted packages (@pxref{Security Updates}, for more
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@@ -11120,7 +11443,7 @@ remove @file{/bin/sh}:
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@end example
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(Don't worry, this is harmless: this is all happening in the throw-away
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container created by @command{guix environment}.)
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container created by @command{guix shell}.)
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The @command{strace} command is probably not in the search path, but we
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can run:
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@@ -13316,8 +13639,8 @@ is subject to radical change in the future.
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The purpose of @command{guix container} is to manipulate processes
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running within an isolated environment, commonly known as a
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``container'', typically created by the @command{guix environment}
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(@pxref{Invoking guix environment}) and @command{guix system container}
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``container'', typically created by the @command{guix shell}
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(@pxref{Invoking guix shell}) and @command{guix system container}
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(@pxref{Invoking guix system}) commands.
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The general syntax is:
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@@ -13503,7 +13826,7 @@ listed.}. Here's an example of the information it returns:
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$ sudo guix processes
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SessionPID: 19002
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ClientPID: 19090
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ClientCommand: guix environment --ad-hoc python
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ClientCommand: guix shell python
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SessionPID: 19402
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ClientPID: 19367
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@@ -29699,8 +30022,7 @@ When the service is running, you can view its console by connecting to
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it with a VNC client, for example with:
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@example
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guix environment --ad-hoc tigervnc-client -- \
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vncviewer localhost:5900
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guix shell tigervnc-client -- vncviewer localhost:5900
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@end example
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The default configuration (see @code{hurd-vm-configuration} below)
|
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|
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