Ok, I figured it out ... you were right: My guile-2.0-libs package was somehow corrupted/not correctly installed. So running guile showed some errors ... After fixing this issue by purging the package and reinstalling it I can run make install successfully... Thanks a lot... Matthias On Mon, 2013-09-23 at 17:58 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Matthias Wachs skribis: > > > with git f59e9eaac87b4365c646a475d44b431e43949649 > > on Ubuntu 13.04 /w guile 2.0.7: > > > > [apply-smob/1 # #t ...] > > ?: 7 [apply-smob/1 #] > > ?: 6 [primitive-eval ((@ # %) (begin # # #))] > > In /usr/bin/guild: > > 59: 5 [main ("/usr/bin/guild" "compile" "-L" ...)] > > In unknown file: > > ?: 4 [apply-smob/1 # (scripts compile) > > #:ensure #f] > > ?: 3 [primitive-load-path "scripts/compile" #f] > > In scripts/compile.scm: > > 31: 2 [#] > > In unknown file: > > ?: 1 [apply-smob/1 # (scripts compile) ...] > > ?: 0 [scm-error misc-error #f ...] > > > > ERROR: make[2]: *** [guix/scripts/build.go] Error 1 > > This (the # thing) suggests that Guile was not > installed correctly. > > Are you able to run just ‘guile’ and get a REPL prompt? Do you see > loads of messages about files getting compiled? > > TIA, > Ludo’. -- Dipl.-Inf. Matthias Wachs Free Secure Network Systems Group Technische Universitaet Muenchen Chair for Network Architectures and Services Institute for Informatics / I8 Tel: +49 89 289 18037 Boltzmannstr. 3 / Room 03.05.042 Fax: +49 89 289 18033 D-85748 Garching b. Muenchen, Germany Email: wachs@net.in.tum.de