Using guix to make a reproducable, system independent emacs profile (+ org configuration)

noahevans · September 4, 2024, 12:25pm

It requires two profiles and is a bit complicated so I made an explanation with some examples. Let me know if there are any better ways!

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/noah-evans/745c5dabf92fa62078c8d7a6952d790d

emacs-guix-setup.org

#+TITLE: Using the guix package manager for a cross-distro, reproducible emacs environment

[[https://guix.gnu.org/][GNU guix]] is a functional package manager, that can be installed on any
distribution and used to manage packages, including emacs packages.

*How is this different from straight.el*

[[https://github.com/radian-software/straight.el][straight.el]] is also a functional package manager, but unlike guix, it
only manages emacs packages, while with guix you can include external
programs that you will make use of from emacs (like ripgrep), emacs

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unruffled_lumiere · September 4, 2024, 1:34pm

I need to get on top of this task. Thanks for doing an initial push (and documenting it!).

Glenneth · December 15, 2024, 8:42am

Testing emacs discourse package…