2. copy Guix.app from ~/.guix to your Applications folder
3. Run the guix application (this will take a minute to download the most recent image)
4. add these lines to your shell rc file (bashrc/zshrc) to access the guix environment from MacOS :
```
alias guix="ssh -i $HOME/.guix/ssh-cert/msg_rsa admin@127.0.0.1 -p 9001 'guix'"
alias guix-env='f(){ ssh -i $HOME/.guix/ssh-cert/msg_rsa admin@127.0.0.1 -p 9001 /home/admin/.guix-profile/bin/$@; unset -f f; }; f'
alias guix-app='f(){ ssh -X -i $HOME/.guix/ssh-cert/msg_rsa admin@127.0.0.1 -p 9001 /home/admin/.guix-profile/bin/$@; unset -f f; }; f'
alias guix-shell="ssh -i $HOME/.guix/ssh-cert/msg_rsa admin@127.0.0.1 -p 9001"
```
5. Make sure to restart your terminal or source your shellrc file after editing it (e.g `source ~/.bashrc`)
### Available Commands (after adding bashrc/zshrc options)
- guix : A straight passthrough to the guix application
- guix-shell: Connect to the vm over ssh
- guix-env : Can be used to pass cli commands interactively
- guix-app : Used to passthrough X11 applications from the vm to macos using xquartz
### Notes:
- Currently `guix-env sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm` is not supported. You must use `guix-shell` to ssh into the environment and then run `sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm`
- The host home directory is mounted as /mnt/macos in the virtual environment
- The default user/credentials are admin/admin
- For xquartz to be able to display X11 apps forwarded from the vm, you must open xquartz and go to Top Menu->Xquartz->Settings->Security->Enable 'Allow connections from network clients'
- If xquartz is enabled, you can use the .app files under ~/.guix/apps to launch guix programs from macos
### Discord:
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