GNU Guix

functional package manager for installed software packages and versions
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GNU Guix is a package manager and distribution of the GNU operating system developed as part of the free software movement[1]. It provides transactional package management, allowing users to install, upgrade, and roll back software packages without side effects.

The system supports declarative system configuration, enabling reproducible environments and system states[1]. Guix is designed to offer users full control over their software stack while adhering to the principles of software freedom[1].

GNU Guix

Summary

GNU Guix is a purely functional package manager[1]. It draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (purely_functional_package_manager category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Guix is the creator of Ludovic Courtès[3].
  • GNU Guix's instance of is recorded as purely functional package manager[4].
  • GNU Guix's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • GNU Guix's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • GNU Guix's maintained by is recorded as Ludovic Courtès[7].
  • GNU Guix's movement is recorded as free software movement[8].
  • GNU Guix's logo image is recorded as Guix logo.svg[9].
  • GNU Guix's developer is recorded as GNU Project[10].
  • GNU Guix's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[11].
  • GNU Guix's programmed in is recorded as Q187560[12].
  • GNU Guix's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • GNU Guix's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[14].
  • GNU Guix's operating system is recorded as GNU/Hurd[15].
  • GNU Guix's operating system is recorded as BSD[16].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[17].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.1[18].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[19].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[20].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.0[21].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.0[22].
  • GNU Guix's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.0[23].
  • GNU Guix's part of is recorded as GNU Project[24].
  • GNU Guix's has use is recorded as build automation[25].
  • GNU Guix's has use is recorded as package manager[26].
  • GNU Guix's Commons category is recorded as GNU Guix[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

GNU Guix is the creator of Ludovic Courtès[3].

Publication

GNU Guix's part of is recorded as GNU Project[24].

Subject and Themes

GNU Guix's movement is recorded as free software movement[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for GNU Guix include GNU Guix System[28], an operating system distribution[29].

Why It Matters

GNU Guix draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (purely_functional_package_manager category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include GNU Guix System[28], an operating system distribution[29].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . lists.gnu.org. lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Wikinews. Retrieved . fr.wikinews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . gnu.org. gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . guix.gnu.org. Retrieved . guix.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . guix.gnu.org. Retrieved . guix.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . guix.gnu.org. Retrieved . guix.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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