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sysconfdir
Then, run:
./configure
Optionally, @code{--localstatedir} and @code{--sysconfdir} can also be provided as arguments. By default, @code{localstatedir} is @file{/var} (@pxref{The Store}, for information about this) and @code{sysconfdir} is @file{/etc}. Note that you will probably not run @command{make install} at the end (you don't have to) but it's still important to pass the right @code{localstatedir} and @code{sysconfdir} values, which get recorded in the @code{(guix config)} Guile module.
Finally, you can build Guix and, if you feel so inclined, run the tests (@pxref{Running the Test Suite}):
make
make check
If anything fails, take a look at installation instructions (@pxref{Installation}) or send a message to the @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}.
From there on, you can authenticate all the commits included in your checkout by running:
guix git authenticate \
9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad \
"BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
The first run takes a couple of minutes, but subsequent runs are faster. On subsequent runs, you can run the command without any arguments since the @dfn{introduction} (the commit ID and OpenPGP fingerprints above) will have been recorded@footnote{This requires a recent version of Guix, from May 2024 or more recent.}:
guix git authenticate
When your configuration for your local Git repository doesn't match the default one, you can provide the reference for the @code{keyring} branch @i{via} the @option{-k} option. The following example assumes that you have a Git remote called @samp{myremote} pointing to the official repository:
guix git authenticate \
-k myremote/keyring \
9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad \
"BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
@xref{Invoking guix git authenticate}, for more information on this command.
Note
By default, hooks are installed such that @command{guix git authenticate} is invoked anytime you run @command{git pull} or @command{git push}.
After updating the repository, @command{make} might fail with an error similar to the following example:
error: failed to load 'gnu/packages/linux.scm':
ice-9/eval.scm:293:34: In procedure abi-check: #<record-type <origin>>: record ABI mismatch; recompilation needed
This means that one of the record types that Guix defines (in this example, the @code{origin} record) has changed, and all of guix needs to be recompiled to take that change into account. To do so, run @command{make clean-go} followed by @command{make}.
Should @command{make} fail with an Automake error message after updating, you need to repeat the steps outlined in this section, commencing with @command{./bootstrap}.
test suite
After a successful @command{configure} and @code{make} run, it is a good idea to run the test suite. It can help catch issues with the setup or environment, or bugs in Guix itself---and really, reporting test failures is a good way to help improve the software. To run the test suite, type:
make check
Test cases can run in parallel: you can use the @code{-j} option of GNU@tie{}make to speed things up. The first run may take a few minutes on a recent machine; subsequent runs will be faster because the store that is created for test purposes will already have various things in cache.
It is also possible to run a subset of the tests by defining the @code{TESTS} makefile variable as in this example:
make check TESTS="tests/store.scm tests/cpio.scm"
By default, tests results are displayed at a file level. In order to see the details of every individual test cases, it is possible to define the @code{SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS} makefile variable as in this example:
make check TESTS="tests/base64.scm" SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--brief=no"
The underlying SRFI 64 custom Automake test driver used for the 'check' test suite (located at @file{build-aux/test-driver.scm}) also allows selecting which test cases to run at a finer level, via its @option{--select} and @option{--exclude} options. Here's an example, to run all the test cases from the @file{tests/packages.scm} test file whose names start with ``transaction-upgrade-entry'':
export SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--select=^transaction-upgrade-entry"
make check TESTS="tests/packages.scm"
Those wishing to inspect the results of failed tests directly from the command line can add the @option{--errors-only=yes} option to the @code{SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS} makefile variable and set the @code{VERBOSE} Automake makefile variable, as in:

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By default, hooks are installed such that @command{guix git authenticate} is invoked anytime you run @command{git pull} or @command{git push}.
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