How to Install and Uninstall guix Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "guix" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install guix on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                guix
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "guix" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall guix on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                guix
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the guix package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: guix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vagrant Cascadian
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 261656
Depends: guile-2.2-libs, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6), guile-2.2, guile-gcrypt (>= 0.3.0-3~), guile-git (>= 0.4.0-2~), guile-gnutls (>= 3.6.15-5~), guile-json (>= 4.3.2), guile-lzlib, guile-ssh (>= 0.13.1), guile-sqlite3 (>= 0.1.3-2~), guile-zlib, libssh-dev
Recommends: nscd, systemd
Filename: pool/universe/g/guix/guix_1.2.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 37861180
MD5sum: 5323eb181bcb9c24a49daa11b4e73cb3
SHA1: af60892096159e7f85becf8d6e2e2f4352f1687b
SHA256: 6f91f6deacd57af5b340b8e8b72dfe27602a2af399344181557761199e6c8fdf
SHA512: 306b9bea2df7b83e17439dc3aca6df065a35c4412ed0c2f4d9e860a59a5bfcf7e780b5e6bf72bd7f8e79c32bc84e35331237e680714fad4465f1e50f9cce9e6f
Homepage: https://guix.gnu.org/
Description-en: GNU Guix functional package manager
Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system
developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer
users.
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Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged
package management, and more. When used as a standalone distribution,
Guix supports declarative system configuration for transparent and
reproducible operating systems.
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It provides Guile Scheme APIs, including high-level embedded
domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to define packages and whole-system
configurations.
Description-md5: 0fe008abc24be4ec327da9c1f4b76524