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+
+export GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES="$HOME/.guix-extra-profiles"
+
+mkdir -p $GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES/emacs-lib
+
+guix install -m base.scm
+
+guix package -m $PWD/emacs-manifest.scm --profiles=$GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES/emacs-lib/emacs-lib
+
+
+cat <<EOF
+# Add this to the bashrc to source the emacs profile
+
+for i in "\${GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES}/emacs-lib" do
+    profile="\${i}/\$(basename \$i)"
+
+    # guix /etc/profiles expect GUIX_PROFILE to be set properly
+    GUIX_PROFILE=\$profile
+    . \$GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
+
+    unset profile
+end
+
+# Restore default profile
+GUIX_PROFILE="\$HOME/.guix-profile"
+
+EOF