guix-system(1)

NAME

guix system (GNU Guix) - manual page for guix system (GNU Guix) 1.2.0rc2

SYNOPSIS

guix system [OPTION ...] ACTION [ARG ...] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Build the operating system declared in FILE according to ACTION. Some ACTIONS support additional ARGS.

The valid values for ACTION are:

search: search for existing service types

reconfigure: switch to a new operating system configuration

roll-back: switch to the previous operating system configuration

describe: describe the current system

: list-generations list the system generations switch-generation switch to an existing operating system configuration delete-generations delete old system generations build build the operating system without installing anything container build a container that shares the host's store vm build a virtual machine image that shares the host's store vm-image build a freestanding virtual machine image disk-image build a disk image, suitable for a USB stick docker-image build a Docker image init initialize a root file system to run GNU extension-graph emit the service extension graph in Dot format shepherd-graph emit the graph of shepherd services in Dot format

-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

-d, --derivation: return the derivation of the given system

-e, --expression=EXPR: consider the operating-system EXPR evaluates to instead of reading FILE, when applicable

--allow-downgrades for 'reconfigure', allow downgrades to earlier: channel revisions

--on-error=STRATEGY: apply STRATEGY (one of nothing-special, backtrace, or debug) when an error occurs while reading FILE

--list-image-types list available image types

-t, --image-type=TYPE: for 'disk-image', produce an image of TYPE

--image-size=SIZE: for 'vm-image', produce an image of SIZE

--no-bootloader: for 'init', do not install a bootloader

--label=LABEL: for 'disk-image', label disk image with LABEL

--save-provenance: save provenance information

--expose=SPEC: for 'vm' and 'container', expose host file system directory as read-only according to SPEC

-N, --network: for 'container', allow containers to access the network

-r, --root=FILE: for 'vm', 'vm-image', 'disk-image', 'container', and 'build', make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage collector root

--full-boot: for 'vm', make a full boot sequence

--skip-checks: skip file system and initrd module safety checks

--target=TRIPLET: cross-build for TRIPLET--e.g., "armel-linux-gnu"

-v, --verbosity=LEVEL: use the given verbosity LEVEL

-h, --help: display this help and exit

-V, --version: display version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 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.

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