I added a postgresql service to the list of my services, like this (services (cons* (postgresql-service #:locale "it_IT.UTF-8") (gnome-desktop-service) (xfce-desktop-service) %desktop-services)) This is an excerpt of the "guix system reconfigure etc/config.scm" log ... loading system objects' descriptions ... ok creating collations ... sh: locale: command not found ok No usable system locales were found. Use the option "--debug" to see details. ... shepherd: Service user-homes could not be started. ... So, there's no "locale" command and the service user-homes could not be started How worried should I be ?