guix-package

Install a new package

$ guix package -i [package]

$ guix package -r [package]

$ guix package -s "[search_pattern]"

$ guix package -I

$ guix package -l

$ guix package --roll-back

guix package [OPTION]...

Install, remove, or upgrade packages in a single transaction.

-i, --install PACKAGE ...

install PACKAGEs

-e, --install-from-expression=EXP

install the package EXP evaluates to

-f, --install-from-file=FILE

install the package that the code within FILE evaluates to

-r, --remove PACKAGE ...

remove PACKAGEs

-u, --upgrade[=REGEXP] upgrade all the installed packages matching REGEXP

-m, --manifest=FILE

create a new profile generation with the manifest from FILE

--do-not-upgrade[=REGEXP] do not upgrade any packages matching REGEXP

--roll-back

roll back to the previous generation

--search-paths[=KIND]

display needed environment variable definitions

-l, --list-generations[=PATTERN]

list generations matching PATTERN

-d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]

delete generations matching PATTERN

-S, --switch-generation=PATTERN

switch to a generation matching PATTERN

-p, --profile=PROFILE

use PROFILE instead of the user's default profile

--list-profiles

list the user's profiles

--allow-collisions do not treat collisions in the profile as an error

--bootstrap

use the bootstrap Guile to build the profile

-v, --verbosity=LEVEL

use the given verbosity LEVEL

-s, --search=REGEXP

search in synopsis and description using REGEXP

-I, --list-installed[=REGEXP]

list installed packages matching REGEXP

-A, --list-available[=REGEXP]

list available packages matching REGEXP

--show=PACKAGE

show details about PACKAGE

-L, --load-path=DIR

prepend DIR to the package module search path

-K, --keep-failed

keep build tree of failed builds

-k, --keep-going

keep going when some of the derivations fail

-n, --dry-run

do not build the derivations

--fallback

fall back to building when the substituter fails

--no-substitutes

build instead of resorting to pre-built substitutes

--substitute-urls=URLS

fetch substitute from URLS if they are authorized

--no-grafts

do not graft packages

--no-offload

do not attempt to offload builds

--max-silent-time=SECONDS

mark the build as failed after SECONDS of silence

--timeout=SECONDS

mark the build as failed after SECONDS of activity

--rounds=N

build N times in a row to detect non-determinism

-c, --cores=N

allow the use of up to N CPU cores for the build

-M, --max-jobs=N

allow at most N build jobs

--debug=LEVEL

produce debugging output at LEVEL

--help-transform

list package transformation options not shown here

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

display version information and exit

Report bugs to: bug-guix@gnu.org.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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