Subject: Re: bug#48023: download.html has better instructions for non-free systems

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:36:52 -0400

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  > >    Here are some of the commands that various GNU/Linux distros
  > >    use to install a package named 'emacs'.
  > > 
  > >                    <pre>guix package -i emacs</pre>
  > > 

  > > All in all, it may be better to say "see the package installation
  > > instructions for your distro" rather than duplicating that information
  > > from various distros here.

I think the two fit together.  We can list those commands, that work
for lots of distros, and say "otherwise, see distro instructions" as
a fallback.

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