guix-daemon command not found

Introduction

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

guix-daemon: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: guix-daemon: command not found

Solutions to guix-daemon: command not found

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

In Ubuntu guix-daemon 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-daemon command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.