Re: Installer script on Fedora doesn't work properly

[jbranso@dismail.de]

I'm guessing that the systemd service to start the guix daemon failed...

Is there a way that you can manually enable & start the systemd daemon that guix ships with?

June 29, 2020 6:05 PM, "Jan Wielkiewicz" <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Guix on Fedora using the install script, but
> something is not right.
> I ran the script as root, it installed everything properly, but running
> "guix pull" ends up with an error message: "guix pull: failed to connect
> to `/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket': No such file or directory".
> I tried rebooting a few times, running "systemctl enable guix-daemon",
> "systemctl start guix-daemon", but with the same result.
> Any idea what's wrong?
> I think the installer script should *just work at all times* - this is
> crucial to make Guix popular on other distros.
> My suggestion: if it's not already done, consider adding automated
> tests, checking whether the installer script works on major
> distributions (on a VM) and if Guix works there. This should be checked
> every release.
> 
> P.S. I'm going to resume my work on Jami soon, I've been busy with my
> exams lately :P
> 
> Jan Wielkiewicz