How To Install guix on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install guix on Debian 11. guix is GNU Guix functional package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guix on Debian 11.

What is guix

guix is:

Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project??which respects the freedom of computer users.

Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, and more. When used as a standalone distribution, Guix supports declarative system configuration for transparent and reproducible operating systems.

It provides Guile Scheme APIs, including high-level embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to define packages and whole-system configurations.

There are three methods to install guix on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install guix Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guix

Install guix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guix using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guix

Install guix Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install guix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guix

How To Uninstall guix on Debian 11

To uninstall only the guix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guix

Uninstall guix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guix

Remove guix Configurations and Data

To remove guix configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guix

Remove guix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guix

Dependencies

guix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guix package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.