doc: Clarify non-interference when installed on a foreign distro.
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add paragraph explaining that files live in two directories.
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@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux system. If,
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instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system,
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@pxref{System Installation}.
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@pxref{System Installation}.
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@cindex foreign distro
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When installed on a running GNU/Linux system---thereafter called a
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@dfn{foreign distro}---GNU@tie{}Guix complements the available tools
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without interference. Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
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usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
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system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
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@menu
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@menu
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* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
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* Binary Installation:: Getting Guix running in no time!
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* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
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* Requirements:: Software needed to build and run Guix.
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@node Application Setup
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@node Application Setup
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@section Application Setup
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@section Application Setup
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@cindex foreign distro
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When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a
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When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a
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so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to
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so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to
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get everything in place. Here are some of them.
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get everything in place. Here are some of them.
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