doc: Restore some of the old installation instructions.
Follow-up to 227e0469db
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* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation):
Revert wording for installing the Debian package.
Restore how to reproduce the binary tarball.
Restore how to uninstall.
(copying): Add copyright notice for Matthew Trzcinski.
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@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Saku Laesvuori@*
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Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Graham James Addis@*
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Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Tomas Volf@*
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Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Herman Rimm@*
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Copyright @copyright{} 2024 Matthew Trzcinski@*
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
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@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ provide Guix through their own package managers. The version of Guix
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may be older than @value{VERSION} but you can update it afterwards by
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running @samp{guix pull}.
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For Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, call:
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For Debian or a derivative such as Ubuntu, call:
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@example
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sudo apt install guix
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configuration you might need, and @ref{Getting Started} for your first
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steps!
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@quotation Note
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The binary installation tarball can be (re)produced and verified simply
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by running the following command in the Guix source tree:
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@example
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make guix-binary.@var{system}.tar.xz
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@end example
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@noindent
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...@: which, in turn, runs:
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@example
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guix pack -s @var{system} --localstatedir \
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--profile-name=current-guix guix
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@end example
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@xref{Invoking guix pack}, for more info on this handy tool.
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@end quotation
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@cindex uninstalling Guix
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@cindex uninstallation, of Guix
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Should you eventually want to uninstall Guix, run the same script with
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the @option{--uninstall} flag:
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@example
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./guix-install.sh --uninstall
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@end example
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With @option{--uninstall}, the script irreversibly deletes all the Guix
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files, configuration, and services.
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@node Setting Up the Daemon
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@section Setting Up the Daemon
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