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@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system
 infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
 above packages is being used.
+* Installing Guix from Guix
+You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix.
+To do so:
+  - install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
+  - re-run the configure script passing it the option
+    `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/'
+  - run "make" and "make install"
 * How It Works
 Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/.  A derivation is

diff --git a/README b/README index 09433586bec..98e38b4f240 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system
51	infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the	51	infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
52	above packages is being used.	52	above packages is being used.
53		53
		54	* Installing Guix from Guix
		55
		56	You can re-build and re-install Guix using a system that already runs Guix.
		57	To do so:
		58
		59	- install the dependencies (see 'Requirements' above) using Guix
		60	- re-run the configure script passing it the option
		61	`--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/'
		62	- run "make" and "make install"
		63
54	* How It Works	64	* How It Works
55		65
56	Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is	66	Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/. A derivation is