Re: Hi Guix, adding the package names to package list in system configuration file, we could install these packages system wide and they will be available for all users. for packages that are located in user profile, we could check for available updates using `guix pull`. but I didn't find any similar concept for system wide installed packages. is it possible to check for system wide installed packages without reconfiguring the system?

[Reza Alizadeh Majd]

> I'm not sure I understand your question, so let me rephrase and please tell 
> me 
> if it's not what you wanted to ask. When you upgrade the distribution with 
> guix 
> pull, you can get a list of what could be upgraded using, say, guix package 
> -n 
> -u. Your question was, I think, how to do that for globally available 
> packages.
>
> If that is your question, the answer is quite simple. The set of globally 
> installed packages is installed in a separate profile from the user profile. 
> You can use the same command as before, specifying that other profile, to get 
> the same result, with globally installed packages:
> 
> guix package -p /run/current-system/profile -n -u


Hi Julien, 

Sorry if I couldn't describe my issue well. yes thats exactly what I meant to 
say.
so as I understand: 

1.  we can get list of upgradable packages using:   `guix package -n -u`

2. globally available packages are located in system profile located 
in `/run/current-system/profile` and we can't check for upgrades just by
pointing the profile location. 

Thanks again for your response. 

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Regards
Reza Alizadeh Majd
PantherX Team