Hi crodges! I'm running my matrix homeserver with the guix package and basically, I did somethig like this: - install synapse in a user profile (I would not recommend the root user profile, because it's risky to run it as root). - mkdir ~/synapse; cd ~/synapse - generate_config > homeserver.yaml - vi homeserver.yaml - synctl --no-daemonize start - (optionally) create a user with `register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml http://localhost:yourport` I hope, this might help! -- DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS.