Ok, so in running sudo -E guix ... I had messed up my installation, so guix pull didn't work anymore I think I fixed it now guix pull ust worked, I reconfigured my system but this still happens $ ./pre-inst-env guix system vm ~/configs/vm-config-desktop.scm \ > --image-size=10GB \ > --share=$HOME/transit=/transit guix system: error: build failed: error parsing derivation `/gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv': expected string `Derive([' catonano@xps ~/projects/guix$