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NAME

guix − manual page for guix pack (GNU Guix) 1.3.0.27848-a3264

SYNOPSIS

guix pack [OPTION]... PACKAGE...

DESCRIPTION

Create a bundle of 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

−−list−targets

list available targets

−−target=TRIPLET

cross−build for TRIPLET−−e.g., "aarch64−linux−gnu"

−−list−systems

list available systems

−s, −−system=SYSTEM

attempt to build for SYSTEM−−e.g., "i686−linux"

−−help−transform

list package transformation options not shown here

−−help−deb−format

list options specific to the deb format

−f, −−format=FORMAT

build a pack in the given FORMAT

−−list−formats

list the formats available

−R, −−relocatable

produce relocatable executables

−e, −−expression=EXPR

consider the package EXPR evaluates to

−C, −−compression=TOOL compress using TOOL−−e.g., "lzip"

−S, −−symlink=SPEC

create symlinks to the profile according to SPEC

−m, −−manifest=FILE

create a pack with the manifest from FILE

−−entry−point=PROGRAM

use PROGRAM as the entry point of the pack

−−save−provenance

save provenance information

−−localstatedir

include /var/guix in the resulting pack

−−profile−name=NAME

populate /var/guix/profiles/.../NAME

−r, −−root=FILE

make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage collector root

−d, −−derivation

return the derivation of the pack

−v, −−verbosity=LEVEL

use the given verbosity LEVEL

−−bootstrap

use the bootstrap binaries to build the pack

−h, −−help

display this help and exit

−V, −−version

display version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug−[email protected].
GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 the Guix authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for guix is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and guix programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info guix

should give you access to the complete manual.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se