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How can I enable Elogind support when installing programs through Guix in Void Linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently learned about guix and would like to use it in my void linux build, but as I understand guix will be as a separate package manager. I intend to use it as an additional package manager (so I can set up environments for different programming languages and switch between them conveniently), but guix will constantly pull systemd, but I don't have it on my system and don't want it to be there How can I use elogind support for all compatible packages when installing programs through guix?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on why you think Guix will attempt to pull systemd? As far as I'm aware, Guix doesn't impose any hard requirement on systemd when installing it on a foreign system; the manual (particularly 2.1 Binary Installation) simply provides instructions for setting it up on systemd and Upstart.

I just found this blog post about setting up Guix on Void Linux if it helps at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Best answer, thx

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why did you choose guix over nix if you don’t mind me asking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because Guix has better configuration syntax, it will not function properly without systemd, as I understand it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not true. In fact, Guix doesn't use systemd at all. When managing an operating system installation Guix uses its own init system called the Shepherd.

Elogind is a project extracted from systemd originally for use in Guix systems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago