6 API usage examples

This chapter is a transcript of the examples given by Simon Tournier in his presentation Guix REPL - to infinity and beyond (16 minutes video) at the 10 years of Guix event.

Interactions with Guix as a library through its API via  REPL, script and “guix extension” (API subject to changes, script/extension might break at any update…).

Throuthout this chapter :

• shell prompt shortened to : '$ '
• guix REPL prompt shortened to : '> '