There's a "bad gateway" error on ftpmirror.gun.org which renders the binary install, as detailed in the manual, impossible. Example of an attempt to install following the instructions at https://guix.gnu.org/manual/1.5.0/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html
``` [root@zothique tmp]# wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh --2026-09-03 20:14:50-- https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt' Resolving guix.gnu.org (guix.gnu.org)... 2a01:4f8:c013:3c5b::, 46.224.9.33 Connecting to guix.gnu.org (guix.gnu.org)|2a01:4f8:c013:3c5b::|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 35452 (35K) [text/plain] Saving to: ‘guix-install.sh’ guix-install.sh 100%[==========================>] 34.62K --.-KB/s in 0s 2026-09-03 20:14:51 (202 MB/s) - ‘guix-install.sh’ saved [35452/35452] [root@zothique tmp]# chmod +x guix-install.sh [root@zothique tmp]# ./guix-install.sh ░░░ ░░░ ░░▒▒░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░▒▒░░ ░░▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒░ ░▒▒▒░░▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░░░▒▒░ ░▒▒▒▒░ ░░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░ ░▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░ ░▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒▒░ _____ _ _ _ _ _____ _ / ____| \ | | | | | / ____| (_) | | __| \| | | | | | | __ _ _ ___ __ | | |_ | . ' | | | | | | |_ | | | | \ \/ / | |__| | |\ | |__| | | |__| | |_| | |> < \_____|_| \_|\____/ \_____|\__,_|_/_/\_\ https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ This script installs GNU Guix on your system To uninstall, pass in the '--uninstall' parameter. Press return to continue... [1788480903.433]: Starting installation (Thu Sep 3 08:15:03 PM EDT 2026) [1788480903.495]: [ INFO ] init system is: systemd [1788480903.504]: [ PASS ] verification of required commands completed [1788480903.548]: [ WARN ] We recommend installing and/or starting your distribution 'nscd' service [1788480903.553]: [ WARN ] Please read 'info guix "Application Setup"' about "Name Service Switch" [1788480903.557]: [ INFO ] system is x86_64-linux 2026-09-03 20:15:41 URL:https://mirrors.ibiblio.org/gnu/guix/ [34377/34377] -> "-" [1] [1788480941.975]: [ PASS ] Release for your system: guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux [1788480941.981]: [ INFO ] Downloading Guix release archive --2026-09-03 20:15:42-- https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/guix//guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt' Resolving ftpmirror.gnu.org (ftpmirror.gnu.org)... 2001:470:142:5::200, 209.51.188.200 Connecting to ftpmirror.gnu.org (ftpmirror.gnu.org)|2001:470:142:5::200|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily Location: https://mirror.team-cymru.com/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz [following] --2026-09-03 20:16:16-- https://mirror.team-cymru.com/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz Resolving mirror.team-cymru.com (mirror.team-cymru.com)... 2604:8800:50:80:216:31:2:234, 216.31.2.234 Connecting to mirror.team-cymru.com (mirror.team-cymru.com)|2604:8800:50:80:216:31:2:234|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 135985908 (130M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘/tmp/guix.vXrpx1/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz’ guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_ 100%[==========================>] 129.69M 47.6MB/s in 2.7s 2026-09-03 20:16:19 (47.6 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/guix.vXrpx1/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz’ saved [135985908/135985908] --2026-09-03 20:16:19-- https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/guix//guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz.sig Connecting to ftpmirror.gnu.org (ftpmirror.gnu.org)|2001:470:142:5::200|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 502 Bad Gateway 2026-09-03 20:16:20 ERROR 502: Bad Gateway. FINISHED --2026-09-03 20:16:20-- Total wall clock time: 38s Downloaded: 1 files, 130M in 2.7s (47.6 MB/s) [1788480980.416]: [ FAIL ] could not download https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/guix//guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz. [root@zothique tmp]# [root@zothique tmp]# ```
