guix command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

guix: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: guix: command not found

Solutions to guix: command not found

How To Fix guix: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu guix is provided by guix package.

guix is:

Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.

Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, and more. When used as a standalone distribution, Guix supports declarative system configuration for transparent and reproducible operating systems.

It provides Guile Scheme APIs, including high-level embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to define packages and whole-system configurations.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install guix

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install guix.

sudo apt -y install guix

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install guix

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix guix command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.