From 5dc42964a7899ffdb668e74c62d89f8b7718818e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 23:31:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest unpacking the binary tarball in /tmp. Suggested by Thomas Schwinge and others. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Suggest unpacking in /tmp rather than /. --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a0f3443d9e..c62e44e341 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ kernel Linux, and so on. As @code{root}, run: @example -# cd / +# cd /tmp # tar xf guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz +# mv var/guix /var/ && mv gnu / @end example This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}) and @file{/var/guix}.