GUIX(1)

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💅 GUIX(1) — the guix describe glow-up

okay bestie so real talk: this is the manual page for guix, that ✨iconic✨ GNU Guix thing, and specifically the describe command, version 1.5.0rc1.47-fc2f5a. Yeah the version string is doing the most, we love that for it 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

guix describe [OPTION]...

literally just guix describe and then however many options you vibe with. that's it, that's the whole invite 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it DO. it shows you info about the channels you're currently using. like a little peek behind the curtain, a vibe check on your channels, if you will 💅

and here are the options, all of them, no cap, none skipped:

  • -f, --format=FORMAT — shows the info in whatever FORMAT you picked. you choose, main character energy 🦋
  • --list-formats — shows you which formats even exist, so you're not out here guessing 🙈
  • -p, --profile=PROFILE — shows info about PROFILE specifically. yes, that one 🫶
  • -h, --help — shows this exact help and dips out. bye bestie 👋
  • -V, --version — shows the version info and dips out too 🌈

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not me manifesting it, but okay — report it here:

fr fr the maintainers want to hear from you, it's giving community 💜

Copyright © 2025 the Guix authors. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

this is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. and listen — there is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. like none. zero. don't come crying to us 😤 that caveat is doing heavy lifting, respect it.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the full documentation for guix is maintained as a Texinfo manual (yes, Texinfo, it's vintage, it's iconic, we stan). if info and guix are properly installed at your site, this command:

info guix

should give you access to the complete manual. iykyk 📖✨

okay that's the whole page, nothing skipped, every single flag accounted for. slay. 💀🎀

sign-off besties: this one's from GNU, dated January 2026, page GUIX(1) — go forth and describe those channels 🌸🫶💖

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