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If you are a software developer, Guix provides tools that you should find helpful—independently of the language you’re developing in. This is what this chapter is about.
The guix shell command provides a convenient way to set up
one-off software environments, be it for development purposes or to run
a command without installing it in your profile. The guix
pack command allows you to create application bundles that can be
easily distributed to users who do not run Guix.
| • Invoking guix shell | Spawning one-off software environments. | |
| • Invoking guix environment | Setting up development environments. | |
| • Invoking guix pack | Creating software bundles. | |
| • The GCC toolchain | Working with languages supported by GCC. | |
| • Invoking guix git authenticate | Authenticating Git repositories. |