# Example installation

Lets install the hello package for demo purpose

```
guix install hello
```

This package will be installed under `~/.guix-profile/bin`.
In order to use it, source guix's profile

```
if [ -d $HOME/.guix-profile ]; then
  GUIX_PROFILE="$HOME/.guix-profile"
  . "$GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile"
  unset GUIX_PROFILE
fi
```

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[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Getting-Started.html