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Re: Can't install gcc


From: Marius Bakke
Subject: Re: Can't install gcc
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 21:59:36 +0200
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Hi 白い熊,

白い熊 <address@hidden> skriver:

> Why does “guix package -i gcc” give me:
>  guix package: error: gcc: unknown package
>
> I realize about installing gcc-toolchain, but if I just want to install a 
> single arbitrary package?

The 'gcc' package was recently "hidden" so that users don't accidentally
install it when they probably want 'gcc-toolchain'.

If you really want to install it, you can refer to it by the variable
name, like so:

  guix package -e '(@ (gnu packages gcc) gcc-9)'

HTH!
Marius



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