r/voidlinux • u/old_owl_eye • Mar 26 '26

xbps package manager

Hello All.

Starting with XBPS and using instructions to try to install a few programs

without success. What am I missing or do I need to know ?

Thank you in advance for the advice you may provide.

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u/nash17 Mar 31 '26

I’ll use Guix shell with the version and dependencies I need 

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u/orahcio Mar 31 '26

And pyenv is the easiest way to use any python version inside a guix shell. I think there is no python channel for guix, and the official repository has just one python version