Control: retitle 1008642 purge /gnu/store and /var/guix when guix is purged
On 2022-03-29, Yuxuan Wang wrote: > I have been using both guix and nix-setup-systemd on this machine for a while, > until one day I run out of inodes on the root partition. At the time that > happened I knew it would be caused by one of guix and nix, but not sure which, > so I deleted both (by using `apt purge guix nix-setup-systemd` then > `rm -Rf /nix /gnu`). You also will need to remove /var/guix as well, as this has databases of what is in the /gnu/store... > When deleting both I realized that it's actually nix causing excessive inodes > used, not guix, so I tried to reinstall guix by `apt install guix`. > > But after reinstalled guix it's no longer usable. Whenever I try guix pull it > throws: > > $ guix pull > Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at > 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... > Authenticating channel 'guix', commits 9edb3f6 to 1d62b15 (100 new > commits)... > Building from this channel: > guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 1d62b15 > guix pull: error: opening file > `/gnu/store/046lwac3v42aw2ggvm7kgps143n4r768-xz.drv': No such file or > directory You might be able to "guix build --repair" the individual missing items, but it is probably easier to completely remove /var/guix and start from scratch... I guess "apt purge guix" should actually delete /var/guix and /gnu/store, though that could be an expensive operation and hard to revert if done by mistake... a bit tricky to handle correctly if someone transitions away a .deb packaged guix, though. But I guess in that case they should remove and *not* purge guix. live well, vagrant
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