This repository provides packages in addition to those that come with GNU Guix. Packages may move from here to the upstream Guix repository.

Add the repository to the GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH environment variable:

git clone https://github.com/UMCUGenetics/guix-additions.git $HOME/guix-additions
export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/guix-additions

To get started on writing package recipes, see the chapter Programming Interface in the GNU Guix reference manual.

The Utilities chapter includes useful tools to aid in generating, building, and testing recipes.

This repository stores its package modules in umcu/packages, so make sure to place new package recipes in there too.

The following steps get you started on developing GNU Guix package recipes. A working GNU Guix on your system is assumed.

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/UMCUGenetics/guix-additions.git

2. Set GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH to the repository's root directory:

export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=$(pwd)/guix-additions

3. Add/edit/remove a package.

4. Build the package:

guix build <your-new-package-name>

When the build completes succesfully, you can commit your changes and send a patch (or pull request).