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NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  REPORTING BUGS  COPYRIGHT  SEE ALSO 

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

guix package [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

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

−−export−manifest

print a manifest for the chosen profile

−−export−channels

print channels for the chosen profile

−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

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