Overview

guix import command is a useful for people who would like to add a package to the distribution with as little work as possible. The command knows of a few repositories from which it can “import” package metadata. The result is a package definition, or a template thereof, in the format we know.

The general syntax is:

guix import importer options ...

Supported importers

• gnu
• pypi
• gem
• cpan
• cran
• texlive
• json
• nix
• hackage
• stackage
• elpa
• crate
• opam

Example

guix import pypi etebase

The output:

(package
  (name "python-etebase")
  (version "0.31.2")
  (source
    (origin
      (method url-fetch)
      (uri (pypi-uri "etebase" version))
      (sha256
        (base32
          "1phgyk2w6xx5pqpp8hv3dbszsv0l60ncdxrjvb66h1lyp79imh3j"))))
  (build-system python-build-system)
  (propagated-inputs
    `(("python-msgpack" ,python-msgpack)))
  (home-page
    "https://github.com/etesync/etebase-py")
  (synopsis "Python client library for Etebase")
  (description "Python client library for Etebase")
  (license #f))

• You can run import command recursively by -r option:

guix import crate rand -r

• You can run import command for specific version:

guix import crate rand@0.7.3

References:

• Invoking guix import