doc: Document the graphical installer some more.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Rewrite to specify the two installation modes. (Guided Graphical Installation): New node. (Manual Installation): New node, with the former sections. (After System Installation): New node. * doc/images/installer-network.png, doc/images/installer-partitions.png, doc/images/installer-resume.png: New files. * doc/local.mk (dist_infoimage_DATA): Add them.master
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@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ System Installation
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* Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware.
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* USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium.
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* Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc.
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* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing.
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* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation.
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* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards.
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* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded.
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* Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground.
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* Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be.
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Manual Installation
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* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup.
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* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing.
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Package Management
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* Features:: How Guix will make your life brighter.
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@ -1777,7 +1784,9 @@ available.
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* Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware.
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* USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium.
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* Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc.
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* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing.
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* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation.
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* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards.
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* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded.
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* Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground.
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* Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be.
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@end menu
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@ -1963,21 +1972,19 @@ Guix System in a virtual machine (VM).
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@node Preparing for Installation
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@section Preparing for Installation
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Once you have successfully booted your computer using the installation medium,
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you should end up with the welcome page of the graphical installer. The
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graphical installer is a text-based user interface built upon the newt
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library. It shall guide you through all the different steps needed to install
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GNU@tie{}Guix System. However, as the graphical installer is still under heavy
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development, you might want to fallback to the original, shell based install
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process, by switching to TTYs 3 to 6 with the shortcuts CTRL-ALT-F[3-6]. The
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following sections describe the installation procedure assuming you're using
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one of those TTYs. They are configured and can be used to run commands as
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root.
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Once you have booted, you can use the guided graphical installer, which makes
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it easy to get started (@pxref{Guided Graphical Installation}). Alternately,
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if you are already familiar with GNU/Linux and if you want more control than
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what the graphical installer provides, you can choose the ``manual''
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installation process (@pxref{Manual Installation}).
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TTY2 shows this documentation, browsable using the Info reader commands
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(@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd, Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system
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runs the GPM mouse daemon, which allows you to select text with the left mouse
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button and to paste it with the middle button.
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The graphical installer is available on TTY1. You can obtain root shells on
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TTYs 3 to 6 by hitting @kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, etc. TTY2 shows
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this documentation and you can reach it with @kbd{ctrl-alt-f2}. Documentation
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is browsable using the Info reader commands (@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd,
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Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system runs the GPM mouse daemon,
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which allows you to select text with the left mouse button and to paste it
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with the middle button.
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@quotation Note
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Installation requires access to the Internet so that any missing
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@ -1985,12 +1992,65 @@ dependencies of your system configuration can be downloaded. See the
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``Networking'' section below.
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@end quotation
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The installation system includes many common tools needed for this task.
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But it is also a full-blown Guix System, which means that you can
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install additional packages, should you need it, using @command{guix
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package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
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@node Guided Graphical Installation
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@section Guided Graphical Installation
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@subsection Keyboard Layout
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The graphical installer is a text-based user interface. It will guide you,
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with dialog boxes, through the steps needed to install GNU@tie{}Guix System.
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The first dialog boxes allow you to set up the system as you use it during the
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installation: you can choose the language, keyboard layout, and set up
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networking, which will be used during the installation. The image below shows
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the networking dialog.
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@image{images/installer-network,5in,, networking setup with the graphical installer}
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Later steps allow you to partition your hard disk, as shown in the image
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below, to choose whether or not to use encrypted file systems, to enter the
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host name and root password, and to create an additional account, among other
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things.
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@image{images/installer-partitions,5in,, partitioning with the graphical installer}
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Note that, at any time, the installer allows you to exit the current
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installation step and resume at a previous step, as show in the image below.
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@image{images/installer-resume,5in,, resuming the installation process}
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Once you're done, the installer produces an operating system configuration and
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displays it (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). At that point you can
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hit ``OK'' and installation will proceed. On success, you can reboot into the
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new system and enjoy. @xref{After System Installation}, for what's next!
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@node Manual Installation
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@section Manual Installation
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This section describes how you would ``manually'' install GNU@tie{}Guix System
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on your machine. This option requires familiarity with GNU/Linux, with the
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shell, and with common administration tools. If you think this is not for
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you, consider using the guided graphical installer (@pxref{Guided Graphical
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Installation}).
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The installation system provides root shells on TTYs 3 to 6; press
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@kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, and so on to reach them. It includes
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many common tools needed to install the system. But it is also a full-blown
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Guix System, which means that you can install additional packages, should you
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need it, using @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
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@menu
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* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup.
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* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing.
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@end menu
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@node Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning
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@subsection Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning
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Before you can install the system, you may want to adjust the keyboard layout,
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set up networking, and partition your target hard disk. This section will
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guide you through this.
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@subsubsection Keyboard Layout
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@cindex keyboard layout
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The installation image uses the US qwerty keyboard layout. If you want
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a list of available keyboard layouts. Run @command{man loadkeys} for
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more information.
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@subsection Networking
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@subsubsection Networking
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Run the following command to see what your network interfaces are called:
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Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure
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OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in.
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@subsection Disk Partitioning
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@subsubsection Disk Partitioning
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Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
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then format the target partition(s).
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protects the swap file, just like any other file in that file system.
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@node Proceeding with the Installation
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@section Proceeding with the Installation
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@subsection Proceeding with the Installation
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With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on
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@file{/mnt}, we're ready to go. First, run:
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initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
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unless your configuration specifies otherwise
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(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
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@xref{After System Installation}, for what's next!
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@cindex upgrading Guix System
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From then on, you can update the system whenever you want by running, say:
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@node After System Installation
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@section After System Installation
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Success, you've now booted into Guix System! From then on, you can update the
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system whenever you want by running, say:
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@example
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guix pull
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@end quotation
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Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
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@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
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good.
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@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience!
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@node Installing Guix in a VM
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@section Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine
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# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
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# Copyright © 2016 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
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# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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# Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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# Copyright © 2016 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
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# Copyright © 2016, 2018 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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%D%/images/installer-resume.png
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