shepherd 1.0.4

System service manager

The GNU Shepherd is a daemon-managing daemon, meaning that it supervises the execution of system services, replacing similar functionality found in typical init systems. It provides dependency-handling through a convenient interface and is based on GNU Guile.

Outputs: out
Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/admin.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install shepherd 1.0.4 as follows:

guix install shepherd@1.0.4

Or install the latest version:

guix install shepherd

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.