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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.
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@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ System Installation
* Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware.
* USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium.
* Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc.
* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing.
* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation.
* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards.
* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded.
* Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground.
* Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be.
Manual Installation
* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup.
* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing.
Package Management
* Features:: How Guix will make your life brighter.
@ -1777,7 +1784,9 @@ available.
* Hardware Considerations:: Supported hardware.
* USB Stick and DVD Installation:: Preparing the installation medium.
* Preparing for Installation:: Networking, partitioning, etc.
* Proceeding with the Installation:: The real thing.
* Guided Graphical Installation:: Easy graphical installation.
* Manual Installation:: Manual installation for wizards.
* After System Installation:: When installation succeeded.
* Installing Guix in a VM:: Guix System playground.
* Building the Installation Image:: How this comes to be.
@end menu
@ -1963,21 +1972,19 @@ Guix System in a virtual machine (VM).
@node Preparing for Installation
@section Preparing for Installation
Once you have successfully booted your computer using the installation medium,
you should end up with the welcome page of the graphical installer. The
graphical installer is a text-based user interface built upon the newt
library. It shall guide you through all the different steps needed to install
GNU@tie{}Guix System. However, as the graphical installer is still under heavy
development, you might want to fallback to the original, shell based install
process, by switching to TTYs 3 to 6 with the shortcuts CTRL-ALT-F[3-6]. The
following sections describe the installation procedure assuming you're using
one of those TTYs. They are configured and can be used to run commands as
root.
Once you have booted, you can use the guided graphical installer, which makes
it easy to get started (@pxref{Guided Graphical Installation}). Alternately,
if you are already familiar with GNU/Linux and if you want more control than
what the graphical installer provides, you can choose the ``manual''
installation process (@pxref{Manual Installation}).
TTY2 shows this documentation, browsable using the Info reader commands
(@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd, Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system
runs the GPM mouse daemon, which allows you to select text with the left mouse
button and to paste it with the middle button.
The graphical installer is available on TTY1. You can obtain root shells on
TTYs 3 to 6 by hitting @kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, etc. TTY2 shows
this documentation and you can reach it with @kbd{ctrl-alt-f2}. Documentation
is browsable using the Info reader commands (@pxref{Top,,, info-stnd,
Stand-alone GNU Info}). The installation system runs the GPM mouse daemon,
which allows you to select text with the left mouse button and to paste it
with the middle button.
@quotation Note
Installation requires access to the Internet so that any missing
@ -1985,12 +1992,65 @@ dependencies of your system configuration can be downloaded. See the
``Networking'' section below.
@end quotation
The installation system includes many common tools needed for this task.
But it is also a full-blown Guix System, which means that you can
install additional packages, should you need it, using @command{guix
package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
@node Guided Graphical Installation
@section Guided Graphical Installation
@subsection Keyboard Layout
The graphical installer is a text-based user interface. It will guide you,
with dialog boxes, through the steps needed to install GNU@tie{}Guix System.
The first dialog boxes allow you to set up the system as you use it during the
installation: you can choose the language, keyboard layout, and set up
networking, which will be used during the installation. The image below shows
the networking dialog.
@image{images/installer-network,5in,, networking setup with the graphical installer}
Later steps allow you to partition your hard disk, as shown in the image
below, to choose whether or not to use encrypted file systems, to enter the
host name and root password, and to create an additional account, among other
things.
@image{images/installer-partitions,5in,, partitioning with the graphical installer}
Note that, at any time, the installer allows you to exit the current
installation step and resume at a previous step, as show in the image below.
@image{images/installer-resume,5in,, resuming the installation process}
Once you're done, the installer produces an operating system configuration and
displays it (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). At that point you can
hit ``OK'' and installation will proceed. On success, you can reboot into the
new system and enjoy. @xref{After System Installation}, for what's next!
@node Manual Installation
@section Manual Installation
This section describes how you would ``manually'' install GNU@tie{}Guix System
on your machine. This option requires familiarity with GNU/Linux, with the
shell, and with common administration tools. If you think this is not for
you, consider using the guided graphical installer (@pxref{Guided Graphical
Installation}).
The installation system provides root shells on TTYs 3 to 6; press
@kbd{ctrl-alt-f3}, @kbd{ctrl-alt-f4}, and so on to reach them. It includes
many common tools needed to install the system. But it is also a full-blown
Guix System, which means that you can install additional packages, should you
need it, using @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}).
@menu
* Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning:: Initial setup.
* Proceeding with the Installation:: Installing.
@end menu
@node Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning
@subsection Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning
Before you can install the system, you may want to adjust the keyboard layout,
set up networking, and partition your target hard disk. This section will
guide you through this.
@subsubsection Keyboard Layout
@cindex keyboard layout
The installation image uses the US qwerty keyboard layout. If you want
@ -2005,7 +2065,7 @@ See the files under @file{/run/current-system/profile/share/keymaps} for
a list of available keyboard layouts. Run @command{man loadkeys} for
more information.
@subsection Networking
@subsubsection Networking
Run the following command to see what your network interfaces are called:
@ -2098,7 +2158,7 @@ herd start ssh-daemon
Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure
OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in.
@subsection Disk Partitioning
@subsubsection Disk Partitioning
Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
then format the target partition(s).
@ -2219,7 +2279,7 @@ file in its file system as described above, then the encryption also
protects the swap file, just like any other file in that file system.
@node Proceeding with the Installation
@section Proceeding with the Installation
@subsection Proceeding with the Installation
With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on
@file{/mnt}, we're ready to go. First, run:
@ -2303,9 +2363,14 @@ in the new system is initially empty; other users' passwords need to be
initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
unless your configuration specifies otherwise
(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
@xref{After System Installation}, for what's next!
@cindex upgrading Guix System
From then on, you can update the system whenever you want by running, say:
@node After System Installation
@section After System Installation
Success, you've now booted into Guix System! From then on, you can update the
system whenever you want by running, say:
@example
guix pull
@ -2326,8 +2391,8 @@ explicitly run root's @command{guix}, type @command{sudo -i guix @dots{}}.
@end quotation
Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.
@email{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience!
@node Installing Guix in a VM
@section Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
# Copyright © 2016 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
# Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
# Copyright © 2016 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
# Copyright © 2016, 2018 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ $(srcdir)/%D%/contributing.%.texi: po/doc/guix-manual.%.po
infoimagedir = $(infodir)/images
dist_infoimage_DATA = \
$(DOT_FILES:%.dot=%.png) \
%D%/images/coreutils-size-map.png
%D%/images/coreutils-size-map.png \
%D%/images/installer-network.png \
%D%/images/installer-partitions.png \
%D%/images/installer-resume.png
# Try hard to obtain an image size and aspect that's reasonable for inclusion
# in an Info or PDF document.