GUIX(1)

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version 1.5.0 · 4 versions
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💅 GUIX(1) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the guix download manual page — this is GNU Guix, version 1.5.0rc1.47-fc2f5a, and we're about to get you so comfy with it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

guix — this here is the manual page for guix download (that's GNU Guix, specifically 1.5.0rc1.47-fc2f5a, ilysm) 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

guix download [OPTION] URL

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the whole vibe: you take the file at URL, download it, and it goes either into the store or into the file you named — and then it prints out the file name plus the hash of what's inside it. literally that's it, that's the whole thing, and it's kind of iconic honestly 💖

here's the formats we support, bestie, memorize them:

  • 'base64'
  • 'nix-base32' — the default, no cap 👑
  • 'base32'
  • 'base16' — and yes you can also call this 'hex' or 'hexadecimal' if that's more your vibe

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • -f, --format=FMT — write the hash in the format you asked for, FMT
  • -H, --hash=ALGORITHM — use the hash ALGORITHM you give it
  • --no-check-certificate — do not validate the certificate of HTTPS servers 🙈
  • -o, --output=FILE — download it to FILE instead
  • -g, --git — download the default branch's latest commit of the Git repository at URL, cute
  • --commit=COMMIT-OR-TAG — download the given commit or tag of the Git repository at URL
  • --branch=BRANCH — download the given branch of the Git repository at URL
  • -r, --recursive — download a Git repository recursively, we're going deep 🧚
  • -h, --help — display this help and exit
  • -V, --version — display version information and exit

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? pls tell someone, bestie:

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.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

read that again, bestie: NO WARRANTY. like, none. zero. don't come for them if it goes sideways 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for guix lives in a Texinfo manual — very fancy, very demure. if the info and guix programs are properly installed at your site, then this:

info guix

should give you access to the complete manual. slay ✨

— and that's the whole page, babe 💜 written by the GNU crew, January 2026 edition, GUIX(1) — mwah, go download something iconic 🎀

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